diff --git a/groups/010.host_deps.group b/groups/010.host_deps.group
index 867d329..29037a2 100644
--- a/groups/010.host_deps.group
+++ b/groups/010.host_deps.group
@@ -248,8 +248,8 @@ HOST_DEPS_PREFIX="${PREFIX}";
 : ${PKG_PYTHON3_HOST_MAKEFLAGS_INSTALL_EXTRA:="PREFIX= EXEC_PREFIX= BINDIR=/bin SBINDIR=/sbin LIBDIR=/lib INCLUDEDIR=/include OLDINCLUDEDIR=/include MANDIR=/share/man DOCDIR=/share/doc LIBEXECDIR=/libexec"};
 : ${PKG_PYTHON3_HOST_SUBDIR:=Python-${PKG_PYTHON3_HOST_VERSION}};
 : ${PKG_READLINE_HOST_DEPENDS:="ncurses_host ncursestw_host ncursesw_host"};
-: ${PKG_READLINE_HOST_SHA256SUM:=f8ceb4ee131e3232226a17f51b164afc46cd0b9e6cef344be87c65962cb82b02};
-: ${PKG_READLINE_HOST_VERSION:=8.1};
+: ${PKG_READLINE_HOST_SHA256SUM:=7589a2381a8419e68654a47623ce7dfcb756815c8fee726b98f90bf668af7bc6};
+: ${PKG_READLINE_HOST_VERSION:=8.1.2};
 : ${PKG_READLINE_HOST_URL:=https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline/readline-${PKG_READLINE_HOST_VERSION}.tar.gz};
 : ${PKG_READLINE_HOST_CONFIG_CACHE_LOCAL:="${CONFIG_CACHE_GNULIB}"};
 : ${PKG_READLINE_HOST_CONFIGURE_ARGS_EXTRA:="--with-curses"};
diff --git a/patches/readline_host-8.1.2.local.patch b/patches/readline_host-8.1.2.local.patch
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..b8fdbfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/readline_host-8.1.2.local.patch
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+readline-8.1.2.local.patch
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/patches/readline_host-8.1.local.patch b/patches/readline_host-8.1.local.patch
deleted file mode 120000
index 2fd31d4..0000000
--- a/patches/readline_host-8.1.local.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-readline-8.1.local.patch
\ No newline at end of file