diff --git a/bucket/yara-x.json b/bucket/yara-x.json
index a813a60811..6bc06d6631 100644
--- a/bucket/yara-x.json
+++ b/bucket/yara-x.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-    "version": "1.8.0",
+    "version": "1.8.1",
     "description": "A malware samples pattern matching tool, re-incarnation of YARA.",
     "homepage": "https://virustotal.github.io/yara-x/",
     "license": {
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
     },
     "architecture": {
         "64bit": {
-            "url": "https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara-x/releases/download/v1.8.0/yara-x-v1.8.0-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip",
-            "hash": "81d763372c7cd1fd2fdc2b4bcde7dbf44d4552b475e9f19fbe85a2aa74f9f281"
+            "url": "https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara-x/releases/download/v1.8.1/yara-x-v1.8.1-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip",
+            "hash": "0855acfc998589c207f0402f2f92bf1ab1f7a1b2d8aa61a55a370bb314aa8897"
         }
     },
     "bin": "yr.exe",