diff --git a/utils/collectd/Makefile b/utils/collectd/Makefile
index d734affa1..70013ff48 100644
--- a/utils/collectd/Makefile
+++ b/utils/collectd/Makefile
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=collectd
-PKG_VERSION:=5.8.0
-PKG_RELEASE:=6
+PKG_VERSION:=5.8.1
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://collectd.org/files/ \
 	https://github.com/collectd/collectd/releases/download/collectd-$(PKG_VERSION)
-PKG_HASH:=b06ff476bbf05533cb97ae6749262cc3c76c9969f032bd8496690084ddeb15c9
+PKG_HASH:=e796fda27ce06377f491ad91aa286962a68c2b54076aa77a29673d53204453da
 
 PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf
 PKG_REMOVE_FILES:=aclocal.m4 libltdl/aclocal.m4
diff --git a/utils/collectd/patches/050-backport-modbus-little-endian.patch b/utils/collectd/patches/050-backport-modbus-little-endian.patch
index 6cb970393..26a589d6d 100644
--- a/utils/collectd/patches/050-backport-modbus-little-endian.patch
+++ b/utils/collectd/patches/050-backport-modbus-little-endian.patch
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ diff --git a/src/collectd.conf.pod b/src/collectd.conf.pod
 index dfd785a2c8..e9715126e6 100644
 --- a/src/collectd.conf.pod
 +++ b/src/collectd.conf.pod
-@@ -4128,11 +4128,19 @@ Configures the base register to read from the device. If the option
+@@ -4139,11 +4139,19 @@ Configures the base register to read from the device. If the option
  B<RegisterType> has been set to B<Uint32> or B<Float>, this and the next
  register will be read (the register number is increased by one).
  
diff --git a/utils/collectd/patches/100-rrdtool-add-rrasingle-option.patch b/utils/collectd/patches/100-rrdtool-add-rrasingle-option.patch
index b0ef7c484..2820e0755 100644
--- a/utils/collectd/patches/100-rrdtool-add-rrasingle-option.patch
+++ b/utils/collectd/patches/100-rrdtool-add-rrasingle-option.patch
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
      /* consolidation_functions = */ NULL,
      /* consolidation_functions_num = */ 0,
  
-@@ -950,6 +953,12 @@ static int rrd_config(const char *key, c
+@@ -949,6 +952,12 @@ static int rrd_config(const char *key, c
            /* compar = */ rrd_compare_numeric);
  
      free(value_copy);
diff --git a/utils/collectd/patches/900-add-iwinfo-plugin.patch b/utils/collectd/patches/900-add-iwinfo-plugin.patch
index 69aaf7912..360c41751 100644
--- a/utils/collectd/patches/900-add-iwinfo-plugin.patch
+++ b/utils/collectd/patches/900-add-iwinfo-plugin.patch
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
  #@BUILD_PLUGIN_JAVA_TRUE@LoadPlugin java
  @BUILD_PLUGIN_LOAD_TRUE@@BUILD_PLUGIN_LOAD_TRUE@LoadPlugin load
  #@BUILD_PLUGIN_LPAR_TRUE@LoadPlugin lpar
-@@ -720,6 +721,12 @@
+@@ -721,6 +722,12 @@
  #	IgnoreSelected true
  #</Plugin>
  
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
  #	JVMArg "-Djava.class.path=@prefix@/share/collectd/java/collectd-api.jar"
 --- a/src/collectd.conf.pod
 +++ b/src/collectd.conf.pod
-@@ -3503,6 +3503,27 @@ and all other interrupts are collected.
+@@ -3521,6 +3521,27 @@ and all other interrupts are collected.
  
  =back
  
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@
  # Legacy types
 --- a/Makefile.am
 +++ b/Makefile.am
-@@ -983,6 +983,14 @@ irq_la_LDFLAGS = $(PLUGIN_LDFLAGS)
+@@ -997,6 +997,14 @@ irq_la_LDFLAGS = $(PLUGIN_LDFLAGS)
  irq_la_LIBADD = libignorelist.la
  endif
  
diff --git a/utils/collectd/patches/920-fix-ping-droprate.patch b/utils/collectd/patches/920-fix-ping-droprate.patch
index b39207e35..e32947dc9 100644
--- a/utils/collectd/patches/920-fix-ping-droprate.patch
+++ b/utils/collectd/patches/920-fix-ping-droprate.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 --- a/src/ping.c
 +++ b/src/ping.c
-@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ static int ping_read(void) /* {{{ */
+@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ static int ping_read(void) /* {{{ */
                              ((double)(pkg_recv * (pkg_recv - 1))));
  
      /* Calculate drop rate. */