diff --git a/package_versions.txt b/package_versions.txt
index 94fb0dc..8ff9e30 100755
--- a/package_versions.txt
+++ b/package_versions.txt
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ wayland-libs-client-1.18.0-r5
 wayland-libs-cursor-1.18.0-r5
 wayland-libs-egl-1.18.0-r5
 wayland-libs-server-1.18.0-r5
-websocat-1.7.0-r0
+websocat-1.8.1-r0
 xauth-1.1-r0
 xcb-util-0.4.0-r3
 xinit-1.4.1-r0