diff --git a/x86/syslinux/syslinux.desc b/x86/syslinux/syslinux.desc
index b871680c1..c61d32ee7 100644
--- a/x86/syslinux/syslinux.desc
+++ b/x86/syslinux/syslinux.desc
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 3.73
+[V] 3.81
 [P] X -?---5---9 110.300
 
-[D] 4040369149 syslinux-3.73.tar.bz2 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/
+[D] 205839787 syslinux-3.81.tar.bz2 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/