diff --git a/package/python-librt/python-librt.hash b/package/python-librt/python-librt.hash
index 5c7f55bbb9..e12bb75949 100644
--- a/package/python-librt/python-librt.hash
+++ b/package/python-librt/python-librt.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/librt/json
-md5  2f0564db5d18a9e41bcd1fbdbdbee77c  librt-0.7.7.tar.gz
-sha256  81d957b069fed1890953c3b9c3895c7689960f233eea9a1d9607f71ce7f00b2c  librt-0.7.7.tar.gz
+md5  977ea89f85bd73d2ec17f5149f165f71  librt-0.8.1.tar.gz
+sha256  be46a14693955b3bd96014ccbdb8339ee8c9346fbe11c1b78901b55125f14c73  librt-0.8.1.tar.gz
 # Locally computed sha256 checksums
 sha256  88f9e379c684580053c58e75e296ca2eb243b6edcc6e5357f247310e96eeef8a  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/python-librt/python-librt.mk b/package/python-librt/python-librt.mk
index 5c1ecd8e5e..8f16e762a7 100644
--- a/package/python-librt/python-librt.mk
+++ b/package/python-librt/python-librt.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_LIBRT_VERSION = 0.7.7
+PYTHON_LIBRT_VERSION = 0.8.1
 PYTHON_LIBRT_SOURCE = librt-$(PYTHON_LIBRT_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_LIBRT_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/b7/29/47f29026ca17f35cf299290292d5f8331f5077364974b7675a353179afa2
+PYTHON_LIBRT_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/56/9c/b4b0c54d84da4a94b37bd44151e46d5e583c9534c7e02250b961b1b6d8a8
 PYTHON_LIBRT_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
 PYTHON_LIBRT_LICENSE = MIT
 PYTHON_LIBRT_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE