diff --git a/extra/libvpx/checksums b/extra/libvpx/checksums
index ebd11c59..819af214 100644
--- a/extra/libvpx/checksums
+++ b/extra/libvpx/checksums
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-1fec931eb5c94279ad219a5b6e0202358e94a93a90cfb1603578c326abfc1238  v1.7.0.tar.gz
+df19b8f24758e90640e1ab228ab4a4676ec3df19d23e4593375e6f3847dee03e  v1.8.1.tar.gz
 ce802d64bcbeb4230527aea2b4284d9844fb12fa5aca868a94e03982f85ec45b  fix-busybox-diff.patch
diff --git a/extra/libvpx/sources b/extra/libvpx/sources
index 34b89b47..1927b430 100644
--- a/extra/libvpx/sources
+++ b/extra/libvpx/sources
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-https://github.com/webmproject/libvpx/archive/v1.7.0.tar.gz
+https://github.com/webmproject/libvpx/archive/v1.8.1.tar.gz
 patches/fix-busybox-diff.patch
diff --git a/extra/libvpx/version b/extra/libvpx/version
index 21c599ea..8aa37bcd 100644
--- a/extra/libvpx/version
+++ b/extra/libvpx/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.7.0 2
+1.8.1 1