diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/enchant/enchant2_2.7.3.bb b/meta/recipes-support/enchant/enchant2_2.8.1.bb
similarity index 91%
rename from meta/recipes-support/enchant/enchant2_2.7.3.bb
rename to meta/recipes-support/enchant/enchant2_2.8.1.bb
index d5073b6f31..825cf2e388 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-support/enchant/enchant2_2.7.3.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/enchant/enchant2_2.8.1.bb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ DEPENDS = "glib-2.0 groff-native"
 inherit autotools pkgconfig github-releases
 
 SRC_URI = "${GITHUB_BASE_URI}/download/v${PV}/enchant-${PV}.tar.gz"
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "fe6ad4cbe8c71b9384ffdef962be52d4d2bd5ebfb6351435bb390543d4f78b1e"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "ff79de470b8eb16f53849dc49f2bce8ca4eb7decabfc1349716fe12616e52f4e"
 
 GITHUB_BASE_URI = "https://github.com/AbiWord/enchant/releases"