diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index a8b4157f6ed..8d1e7d3cfcb 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -1220,8 +1220,8 @@ libjansson.so.4 jansson-2.4_1
 libleveldb.so.1 leveldb-1.8.0_1
 libcprops.so.15 libcprops-0.1.12_1
 libopus.so.0 opus-1.0.2_1
-libconfig++.so.11 libconfig++-1.7.1_1
-libconfig.so.11 libconfig-1.7.1_1
+libconfig++.so.15 libconfig++-1.8.1_1
+libconfig.so.15 libconfig-1.8.1_1
 libopusfile.so.0 opusfile-0.12_2
 libopusurl.so.0 opusfile-0.12_2
 libopusenc.so.0 libopusenc-0.2_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libconfig/template b/srcpkgs/libconfig/template
index 8b85c12ce6e..f82ddea7721 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libconfig/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libconfig/template
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 # Template file for 'libconfig'
 pkgname=libconfig
-version=1.7.3
+version=1.8.1
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="automake byacc flex libtool texinfo"
 short_desc="C Configuration File Library"
 maintainer="skmpz <dem.procopiou@gmail.com>"
 license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"
-homepage="http://hyperrealm.com/libconfig/libconfig.html"
+homepage="https://hyperrealm.com/libconfig/libconfig.html"
 distfiles="https://github.com/hyperrealm/libconfig/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=68757e37c567fd026330c8a8449aa5f9cac08a642f213f2687186b903bd7e94e
+checksum=e95798d2992a66ecd547ce3651d7e10642ff2211427c43a7238186ff4c372627
 
 pre_configure() {
 	autoreconf -vi