diff --git a/package/libdex/libdex.hash b/package/libdex/libdex.hash
index 7e08676fe4..d6fba67f32 100644
--- a/package/libdex/libdex.hash
+++ b/package/libdex/libdex.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# From https://download.gnome.org/sources/libdex/0.8/libdex-0.8.0.sha256sum
-sha256  659ab5d0eb7f10bd36af0cde08055158987690b9714e7f5b001c788ec1d01a25  libdex-0.8.0.tar.xz
+# From https://download.gnome.org/sources/libdex/0.8/libdex-0.8.1.sha256sum
+sha256  955475ad3e43aabd6f6f70435264b5ee77bd265bd95545211fee026b08d378a0  libdex-0.8.1.tar.xz
 
 # License files
 sha256  dc626520dcd53a22f727af3ee42c770e56c97a64fe3adb063799d8ab032fe551  COPYING
diff --git a/package/libdex/libdex.mk b/package/libdex/libdex.mk
index 0d27b35675..381c605b16 100644
--- a/package/libdex/libdex.mk
+++ b/package/libdex/libdex.mk
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 # The middle number is even for stable releases, odd for development ones.
 LIBDEX_VERSION_MAJOR = 0.8
-LIBDEX_VERSION = $(LIBDEX_VERSION_MAJOR).0
+LIBDEX_VERSION = $(LIBDEX_VERSION_MAJOR).1
 LIBDEX_SOURCE = libdex-$(LIBDEX_VERSION).tar.xz
 LIBDEX_SITE = https://download.gnome.org/sources/libdex/$(LIBDEX_VERSION_MAJOR)
 LIBDEX_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+