diff --git a/util/crossgcc/buildgcc b/util/crossgcc/buildgcc
index 5dac074a06..6150011f4d 100755
--- a/util/crossgcc/buildgcc
+++ b/util/crossgcc/buildgcc
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ GCC_AUTOCONF_VERSION=2.69
 BINUTILS_VERSION=2.33.1
 GDB_VERSION=8.3.1
 IASL_VERSION=20190703
-PYTHON_VERSION=3.8.0
+PYTHON_VERSION=3.8.1
 EXPAT_VERSION=2.2.9
 # CLANG version number
 CLANG_VERSION=9.0.0
diff --git a/util/crossgcc/sum/Python-3.8.0.tar.xz.cksum b/util/crossgcc/sum/Python-3.8.0.tar.xz.cksum
deleted file mode 100644
index d4566f82c1..0000000000
--- a/util/crossgcc/sum/Python-3.8.0.tar.xz.cksum
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-7720e0384558c598107cf046c48165fd7e1f5b2c  tarballs/Python-3.8.0.tar.xz
diff --git a/util/crossgcc/sum/Python-3.8.1.tar.xz.cksum b/util/crossgcc/sum/Python-3.8.1.tar.xz.cksum
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e899a451ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/crossgcc/sum/Python-3.8.1.tar.xz.cksum
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+a48fd28a037c0bcd7b7fc4d914c023f584e910ed  tarballs/Python-3.8.1.tar.xz