diff --git a/security/tailscale/Makefile b/security/tailscale/Makefile
index b368e448c19d..2375f13d096e 100644
--- a/security/tailscale/Makefile
+++ b/security/tailscale/Makefile
@@ -1,30 +1,29 @@
 PORTNAME=	tailscale
-PORTVERSION=	1.6.0
+PORTVERSION=	1.8.1
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	security
 
 MAINTAINER=	mikael@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Mesh VPN that makes it easy to connect your devices
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	ca_root_nss>0:security/ca_root_nss
 
 USES=		go:modules
 
 GO_MODULE=	github.com/tailscale/tailscale
 
 USE_RC_SUBR=	tailscaled
 
 GO_TARGET=	./cmd/tailscale \
 		./cmd/tailscaled
 GO_BUILDFLAGS=	-tags xversion -ldflags "\
 		-X tailscale.com/version.Long=${PORTVERSION} \
 		-X tailscale.com/version.Short=${PORTVERSION}"
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/tailscale  \
 		bin/tailscaled
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/security/tailscale/distinfo b/security/tailscale/distinfo
index 6b044d3f7bf6..2f92e8663fe4 100644
--- a/security/tailscale/distinfo
+++ b/security/tailscale/distinfo
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1616662602
-SHA256 (go/security_tailscale/tailscale-v1.6.0/v1.6.0.mod) = 0abd2bf7e4acf0bddcad1e0d9d3b7dc3030923f03715af52a5f29db813c8b6f5
-SIZE (go/security_tailscale/tailscale-v1.6.0/v1.6.0.mod) = 1970
-SHA256 (go/security_tailscale/tailscale-v1.6.0/v1.6.0.zip) = a51f83b6d1bc16a5ea5f5b27d660f068e918bbafff166decaabe0a87befe86c9
-SIZE (go/security_tailscale/tailscale-v1.6.0/v1.6.0.zip) = 771010
+TIMESTAMP = 1620389244
+SHA256 (go/security_tailscale/tailscale-v1.8.1/v1.8.1.mod) = 4c2275c337d5a4d9663ad21150c49904066c2fd82d5ee3fe05d9a5270e0ba24f
+SIZE (go/security_tailscale/tailscale-v1.8.1/v1.8.1.mod) = 2133
+SHA256 (go/security_tailscale/tailscale-v1.8.1/v1.8.1.zip) = c0856ad8a97b7316fe3ce6e3efc75cefff3f515059f36ae45eeb9b856feacf4a
+SIZE (go/security_tailscale/tailscale-v1.8.1/v1.8.1.zip) = 897329