diff --git a/bucket/velero.json b/bucket/velero.json
index ad6ac6f1f1..a4b194336d 100644
--- a/bucket/velero.json
+++ b/bucket/velero.json
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 {
-    "version": "1.7.2",
+    "version": "1.8.1",
     "description": "Safely backup, restore and perform disaster recovery, migrate Kubernetes cluster resources and persistent volumes.",
     "homepage": "https://velero.io",
     "license": "Apache-2.0",
     "architecture": {
         "64bit": {
-            "url": "https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/releases/download/v1.7.2/velero-v1.7.2-windows-amd64.tar.gz",
-            "hash": "9fc784e604d7f06036e8dfb220f3f5bbaa1a0e0cfe5f118f62fad341f9bb2cc0",
-            "extract_dir": "velero-v1.7.2-windows-amd64"
+            "url": "https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/releases/download/v1.8.1/velero-v1.8.1-windows-amd64.tar.gz",
+            "hash": "1643d917325ae022c9f1cc8021212826116302a7056a32d55f400380baa3716a",
+            "extract_dir": "velero-v1.8.1-windows-amd64"
         }
     },
     "bin": "velero.exe",