diff --git a/groups/251.native_packages_lib.group b/groups/251.native_packages_lib.group
index 3093036..40e0164 100644
--- a/groups/251.native_packages_lib.group
+++ b/groups/251.native_packages_lib.group
@@ -141,9 +141,9 @@ libxslt libz libzip lzo sdl1 sdl1_net sdl1_image sdl2 sdl2_image sdl2_ttf wolfss
 : ${PKG_LIBRESSL_URL:=http://ftp.eu.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/LibreSSL/libressl-${PKG_LIBRESSL_VERSION}.tar.gz};
 : ${PKG_LIBRESSL_CONFIGURE_ARGS_EXTRA:=--disable-asm --enable-nc};
 : ${PKG_LIBREADLINE_DEPENDS:="ncurses ncursestw ncursesw"};
-: ${PKG_LIBREADLINE_SHA256SUM:=750d437185286f40a369e1e4f4764eda932b9459b5ec9a731628393dd3d32334};
-: ${PKG_LIBREADLINE_VERSION:=7.0};
-: ${PKG_LIBREADLINE_URL:=ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline/readline-${PKG_LIBREADLINE_VERSION}.tar.gz};
+: ${PKG_LIBREADLINE_SHA256SUM:=f8ceb4ee131e3232226a17f51b164afc46cd0b9e6cef344be87c65962cb82b02};
+: ${PKG_LIBREADLINE_VERSION:=8.1};
+: ${PKG_LIBREADLINE_URL:=https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline/readline-${PKG_LIBREADLINE_VERSION}.tar.gz};
 : ${PKG_LIBREADLINE_CFLAGS_CONFIGURE:="${DEFAULT_CFLAGS:+${DEFAULT_CFLAGS} }-I${PREFIX_NATIVE}/include"};
 : ${PKG_LIBREADLINE_CONFIG_CACHE_LOCAL:="${CONFIG_CACHE_GNULIB}"};
 : ${PKG_LIBREADLINE_CONFIGURE_ARGS:="-C --disable-nls --host=${DEFAULT_TARGET} --prefix= --program-prefix= --target=${DEFAULT_TARGET} --with-curses"};
diff --git a/patches/libreadline-7.0.local.patch b/patches/libreadline-7.0.local.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d719a3f..0000000
--- a/patches/libreadline-7.0.local.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-diff -ru readline-7.0.orig/configure readline-7.0/configure
---- readline-7.0.orig/configure	2016-09-07 23:15:16.000000000 +0200
-+++ readline-7.0/configure	2018-05-18 13:35:12.958734947 +0200
-@@ -3851,7 +3851,7 @@
- 
- test -z "$INSTALL_SCRIPT" && INSTALL_SCRIPT='${INSTALL}'
- 
--test -z "$INSTALL_DATA" && INSTALL_DATA='${INSTALL} -m 644'
-+test -z "$INSTALL_DATA" && INSTALL_DATA='${INSTALL} -m 755'
- 
- if test -n "$ac_tool_prefix"; then
-   # Extract the first word of "${ac_tool_prefix}ar", so it can be a program name with args.
-diff -ru readline-7.0.orig/shlib/Makefile.in readline-7.0/shlib/Makefile.in
---- readline-7.0.orig/shlib/Makefile.in	2015-07-13 00:41:58.000000000 +0200
-+++ readline-7.0/shlib/Makefile.in	2018-05-18 13:36:19.410406513 +0200
-@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
- SHOBJ_LIBS = @SHOBJ_LIBS@
- 
- SHLIB_XLDFLAGS = @LDFLAGS@ @SHLIB_XLDFLAGS@
--SHLIB_LIBS = @SHLIB_LIBS@
-+SHLIB_LIBS = @SHLIB_LIBS@ -lncurses -ltinfo
- 
- SHLIB_DOT = @SHLIB_DOT@
- SHLIB_LIBPREF = @SHLIB_LIBPREF@
diff --git a/patches/libreadline-8.1.local.patch b/patches/libreadline-8.1.local.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d719a3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/libreadline-8.1.local.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+diff -ru readline-7.0.orig/configure readline-7.0/configure
+--- readline-7.0.orig/configure	2016-09-07 23:15:16.000000000 +0200
++++ readline-7.0/configure	2018-05-18 13:35:12.958734947 +0200
+@@ -3851,7 +3851,7 @@
+ 
+ test -z "$INSTALL_SCRIPT" && INSTALL_SCRIPT='${INSTALL}'
+ 
+-test -z "$INSTALL_DATA" && INSTALL_DATA='${INSTALL} -m 644'
++test -z "$INSTALL_DATA" && INSTALL_DATA='${INSTALL} -m 755'
+ 
+ if test -n "$ac_tool_prefix"; then
+   # Extract the first word of "${ac_tool_prefix}ar", so it can be a program name with args.
+diff -ru readline-7.0.orig/shlib/Makefile.in readline-7.0/shlib/Makefile.in
+--- readline-7.0.orig/shlib/Makefile.in	2015-07-13 00:41:58.000000000 +0200
++++ readline-7.0/shlib/Makefile.in	2018-05-18 13:36:19.410406513 +0200
+@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
+ SHOBJ_LIBS = @SHOBJ_LIBS@
+ 
+ SHLIB_XLDFLAGS = @LDFLAGS@ @SHLIB_XLDFLAGS@
+-SHLIB_LIBS = @SHLIB_LIBS@
++SHLIB_LIBS = @SHLIB_LIBS@ -lncurses -ltinfo
+ 
+ SHLIB_DOT = @SHLIB_DOT@
+ SHLIB_LIBPREF = @SHLIB_LIBPREF@