diff --git a/gnu/packages/gdb.scm b/gnu/packages/gdb.scm
index e09b55eb2b..ac0068f175 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gdb.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gdb.scm
@@ -37,14 +37,14 @@
 (define-public gdb
   (package
     (name "gdb")
-    (version "8.0.1")
+    (version "8.1")
     (source (origin
              (method url-fetch)
              (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/gdb/gdb-"
                                  version ".tar.xz"))
              (sha256
               (base32
-               "1qwmcbaxf0jc7yjl0fimgcfj2yqcrl6h7azgs1d838kbwf9mzg9x"))))
+               "0d2bpqk58fqlx21rbnk8mbcjlggzc9kb5sjirrfrrrjq70ka0qdg"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
      `(#:tests? #f ; FIXME "make check" fails on single-processor systems.