diff --git a/contrib/src/opendht/SHA512SUMS b/contrib/src/opendht/SHA512SUMS
index 6fefe74296a61d375b887f9948fd5e6065e0ca18..82c4778fa861448dcbe567233068ea9260bc3800 100644
--- a/contrib/src/opendht/SHA512SUMS
+++ b/contrib/src/opendht/SHA512SUMS
@@ -1 +1 @@
-d4b5cf874605a50ace9b3b6bf92d94c464f8e081256ec84c74a173fcd8d4c4a1b05d2fcd443b63fd0d726d5dbf92e5ca3fe5702876b5af559cce6d89b5e67213  opendht-0c1e7d27635ed27e1dbf9f37619f26bf94fb819b.tar.gz
\ No newline at end of file
+f08206ba9332ab44dbb05c1edf4724750e16499dabfefa53f804c9bb359146862f948486ed0eeb3d3d132d3ee0460c5afec0f532df3a6ccb8b4bc2cb25adc1cf  opendht-1.8.1.tar.gz
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/contrib/src/opendht/rules.mak b/contrib/src/opendht/rules.mak
index 8408c0d511a5e31d61ab19cd821370c172925fc8..50dbcb3c100b900985ba5d1531dde94b2b317c3f 100644
--- a/contrib/src/opendht/rules.mak
+++ b/contrib/src/opendht/rules.mak
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # OPENDHT
-OPENDHT_VERSION := 0c1e7d27635ed27e1dbf9f37619f26bf94fb819b
+OPENDHT_VERSION := 1.8.1
 OPENDHT_URL := https://github.com/savoirfairelinux/opendht/archive/$(OPENDHT_VERSION).tar.gz
 
 PKGS += opendht