diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index d6fcef1968552002e1fa79421fa868348e256f81..9a038623802e4e93e7a159a8b70534bc9f418c7a 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ ARG BASE_REGISTRY=registry1.dso.mil
 ARG BASE_IMAGE=ironbank/redhat/ubi/ubi8
 ARG BASE_TAG=8.4
 
-FROM fluent/fluent-bit:1.8.0 as flb
+FROM fluent/fluent-bit:1.8.1 as flb
 
 FROM ${BASE_REGISTRY}/${BASE_IMAGE}:${BASE_TAG} as build
 
diff --git a/hardening_manifest.yaml b/hardening_manifest.yaml
index 1466be8d0099efc507e2834c7494f21daabdfee4..68f18b23f92c8ca1d1df61aa8683ad1742bc796b 100644
--- a/hardening_manifest.yaml
+++ b/hardening_manifest.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ name: "opensource/fluent/fluent-bit"
 # The most specific version should be the first tag and will be shown
 # on ironbank.dsop.io
 tags:
-- "1.8.0"
+- "1.8.1"
 - "latest"
 
 # Build args passed to Dockerfile ARGs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ labels:
   org.opencontainers.image.url: "https://repo1.dso.mil/dsop/opensource/fluent/fluent-bit"
   # Name of the distributing entity, organization or individual
   org.opencontainers.image.vendor: "Fluent"
-  org.opencontainers.image.version: "1.8.0"
+  org.opencontainers.image.version: "1.8.1"
   # Keywords to help with search (ex. "cicd,gitops,golang")
   mil.dso.ironbank.image.keywords: "log,stash,search,elk"
   # This value can be "opensource" or "commercial"
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ labels:
 
 # List of resources to make available to the offline build context
 resources:
-- tag: fluent/fluent-bit:1.8.0
-  url: docker://docker.io/fluent/fluent-bit@sha256:caf732b5ef784d87eef74ee18c5c98e699a82be802d853be65fa802b59b12053
+- tag: fluent/fluent-bit:1.8.1
+  url: docker://docker.io/fluent/fluent-bit@sha256:67f4d2a903fada0024f1254c36b83b8cd13243ca37b978adf4365399b4fc3076
 - filename: texinfo.tar.gz
   url: https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/texinfo-6.7.tar.gz
   validation:
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ resources:
     type: sha256
     value: e87aae032bf07c26f85ac0ed3250998c37621d95f8bd748b31f15b33c45ee995
 - filename: fluent-bit.tar.gz
-  url: https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit/archive/refs/tags/v1.8.0.tar.gz
+  url: https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit/archive/refs/tags/v1.8.1.tar.gz
   validation:
     type: sha256
-    value: f7d9223e784607f78673f858deab2e3cfed95a4af39fa63366af83a4987e9aaa
+    value: a284d803ec9203be69b7c4ff9febb33b8c938b640f0cc7cbcf6f9223e5de4fb5
 
 # List of project maintainers
 maintainers: