diff --git a/boot/opensbi/Config.in b/boot/opensbi/Config.in
index 986e380b48..6e26da6344 100644
--- a/boot/opensbi/Config.in
+++ b/boot/opensbi/Config.in
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ choice
 	  Select the specific OpenSBI version you want to use
 
 config BR2_TARGET_OPENSBI_LATEST_VERSION
-	bool "1.7"
+	bool "Latest version (1.8.1)"
 
 config BR2_TARGET_OPENSBI_CUSTOM_VERSION
 	bool "Custom version"
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ endif
 
 config BR2_TARGET_OPENSBI_VERSION
 	string
-	default "1.7" if BR2_TARGET_OPENSBI_LATEST_VERSION
+	default "1.8.1" if BR2_TARGET_OPENSBI_LATEST_VERSION
 	default BR2_TARGET_OPENSBI_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE \
 		if BR2_TARGET_OPENSBI_CUSTOM_VERSION
 	default "custom" if BR2_TARGET_OPENSBI_CUSTOM_TARBALL
diff --git a/boot/opensbi/opensbi.hash b/boot/opensbi/opensbi.hash
index c82d2de236..661f08189e 100644
--- a/boot/opensbi/opensbi.hash
+++ b/boot/opensbi/opensbi.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # locally computed
-sha256  2cf856a4e5e2e052948ddb54ba48232b1f698b7f52e0374fc7d17d51e8c8f7ce  opensbi-1.7.tar.gz
+sha256  fb1ae61a85e966322101acb1c982f84d9eaafc4de7dd474a7d7546d9bb321c6f  opensbi-1.8.1.tar.gz
 sha256  82d13fb1bf6bb162629deeea9eb9c117e74548d3b707e478967691fe79a68e21  COPYING.BSD