diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/di/direwolf-unstable/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/di/direwolf-unstable/package.nix
index 416314a1512c..03a9887f25b6 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/di/direwolf-unstable/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/di/direwolf-unstable/package.nix
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@
   inherit hamlibSupport gpsdSupport extraScripts;
 }).overrideAttrs
   (oldAttrs: {
-    version = "1.8-unstable-2025-11-07";
+    version = "1.8.1-unstable-2025-11-16";
 
     src = fetchFromGitHub {
       owner = "wb2osz";
       repo = "direwolf";
-      rev = "3658a878920803bbb69a4567579dcc4d6cb80a92";
-      hash = "sha256-EcQrNN0nRxEfhJc3AbYkxlRaBKpoHQRrZbExYBankMk=";
+      rev = "694c95485b21c1c22bc4682703771dec4d7a374b";
+      hash = "sha256-O2ycOQx4EVwdYGC9LTBlxheMFZp0ddHquSUwVsB5fco=";
     };
 
     # drop upstreamed cmake-4 patch