diff --git a/package/openmpi/openmpi.hash b/package/openmpi/openmpi.hash
index 567ffe4833..78c60b2bf1 100644
--- a/package/openmpi/openmpi.hash
+++ b/package/openmpi/openmpi.hash
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # From: https://www.open-mpi.org/software/ompi/v4.1/
-md5  bb045df2d600744c2231c78b31a20da3  openmpi-4.1.5.tar.bz2
-sha1  eba2e6f9ee0c39fbca0a8cf53a79c9ed29643284  openmpi-4.1.5.tar.bz2
-sha256  a640986bc257389dd379886fdae6264c8cfa56bc98b71ce3ae3dfbd8ce61dbe3  openmpi-4.1.5.tar.bz2
+md5  72e95168a62a5b951da9afe4f48b0be9  openmpi-4.1.8.tar.bz2
+sha1  821df691e2c37ecc40b2784237cfdfda734bf13a  openmpi-4.1.8.tar.bz2
+sha256  466f68e3132a1dc02710cc2011fafced8336d98359fa2dae4dddcfd5719f12a9  openmpi-4.1.8.tar.bz2
 # Locally computed
 sha256  2db71de9577ebfe15c186605844c470dcecd3717f4ef0118c9440d801c0f58f8  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/openmpi/openmpi.mk b/package/openmpi/openmpi.mk
index 82a4b3eb1c..eab87b5987 100644
--- a/package/openmpi/openmpi.mk
+++ b/package/openmpi/openmpi.mk
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 OPENMPI_VERSION_MAJOR = 4.1
-OPENMPI_VERSION = $(OPENMPI_VERSION_MAJOR).5
+OPENMPI_VERSION = $(OPENMPI_VERSION_MAJOR).8
 OPENMPI_SITE = https://www.open-mpi.org/software/ompi/v$(OPENMPI_VERSION_MAJOR)/downloads
 OPENMPI_SOURCE = openmpi-$(OPENMPI_VERSION).tar.bz2
 OPENMPI_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause