diff --git a/package/python-pycrate/python-pycrate.hash b/package/python-pycrate/python-pycrate.hash
index 85ec6c6588..2b45b33c97 100644
--- a/package/python-pycrate/python-pycrate.hash
+++ b/package/python-pycrate/python-pycrate.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/pycrate/json
-md5  7227ba1e2124dc84818adee804de42fe  pycrate-0.7.11.tar.gz
-sha256  23dc1c19b148a17637fea73166b801c767ae738cc4cb3d8b1f74a29e469d7c02  pycrate-0.7.11.tar.gz
+md5  094c4f8b45ce478dfa6efa2c52d42139  pycrate-0.8.1.tar.gz
+sha256  a408c942d219c646a5a81073b8036f48a81c4540dd1f25fda2f8bbde0607db98  pycrate-0.8.1.tar.gz
 # Locally computed sha256 checksums
 sha256  dc626520dcd53a22f727af3ee42c770e56c97a64fe3adb063799d8ab032fe551  license.txt
diff --git a/package/python-pycrate/python-pycrate.mk b/package/python-pycrate/python-pycrate.mk
index ac0e5e1cca..e2e964f4af 100644
--- a/package/python-pycrate/python-pycrate.mk
+++ b/package/python-pycrate/python-pycrate.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_PYCRATE_VERSION = 0.7.11
+PYTHON_PYCRATE_VERSION = 0.8.1
 PYTHON_PYCRATE_SOURCE = pycrate-$(PYTHON_PYCRATE_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_PYCRATE_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/42/70/64a5b11e831dab532b4b61e684c5807a68daeb93b2bd4853975acaaf968e
+PYTHON_PYCRATE_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/5a/c0/5645340d67be6dce6270418986699f14e24d563865077975b0c2262ebc1a
 PYTHON_PYCRATE_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
 PYTHON_PYCRATE_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+
 PYTHON_PYCRATE_LICENSE_FILES = license.txt