diff --git a/media-tv/kodi/Manifest b/media-tv/kodi/Manifest
index c2d26a5f4bdf0..b105bce228817 100644
--- a/media-tv/kodi/Manifest
+++ b/media-tv/kodi/Manifest
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ DIST commons-lang3-3.17.0-bin.tar.gz 9772415 BLAKE2B a54dfdeca71d3d25a69cd0b7a37
 DIST commons-text-1.11.0-bin.tar.gz 3018564 BLAKE2B c32e41c6b8c90dea876caf4c2cedc9358d5e49506bfee7aee42ac6b92dbe8505d5e5d81c860a739bb06214b832cc29e91ddb95f3cfc24515c970302a519a5e43 SHA512 2e94877000dd270b69e2e8cbf49f258a90b4c628b6b6b0814e300a2f0e9c391f0816dceb0707e596ae3b7c9532f93e7a4917df47c77f44b3a810e14042ce5f3f
 DIST commons-text-1.13.0-bin.tar.gz 3143054 BLAKE2B fbf83f9ade1dca7f781e0646b5c58efbce78136a70f00135194cefba04a47ec1f1a83c22e379777893800341168b2cd8c553669594ae6fe53bf4abd839007e0a SHA512 a51667463e88b2d017c3baebb9bbe42c4e50cba96ffe19c89680e82002a4db8b9007daff75f8dbf8bf3725be13a3f03f3c2bc4e1f11e8e02dcab4408abdb44a1
 DIST ffmpeg-6.0.1.tar.gz 15437409 BLAKE2B 6424e30c6d354abbbea8a807822ae61589413189e9c4ba7aa51c307179287506b9072626e9745861fe83753c0015b50d179f9b4f298fe9abf74bee13936639af SHA512 945e34840092dc0fd3824eb1af2be79868af2afb4fe13159b19a9bcfc464cc4d53243c13ff065199290e9393ddbf4b1c5c8abccf83a31a31d6c7490e499fd1fc
-DIST ffmpeg-8.0.1.tar.xz 11388848 BLAKE2B fea49b663a3598d013969b22b34f7b0db677a90ef4bf27ff1ddf8b4e1d9c6eed598efa0f221baa50e4f0d9c877225b358b4192ecc9d2b725d853ef58e65379c9 SHA512 7af5cd1c7ba04f8d7ea1b54b64b9c235f2a606dc0c18d25cfdf20958bcad4851d3265b4894fc6ba5dd205c2309971c7e7fb890ee1d64e0a41a3faf159f77957f
 DIST ffmpeg-8.0.tar.xz 11384428 BLAKE2B 8c45093665131e9aef07cc49726a2de008760728723cf9ee1833fe0697624ca2572c13eb319bd567b79fcb2db110b73fbbf0889237c10fc589d6f895a0e5aa88 SHA512 96f01fc3b881e208e8d35d858b2f60627f298b06103195e3e753b1c6429810d7a484d4daeebad6d0810172616383d103dfb5fcadc4512726c3719800d24a3fde
+DIST ffmpeg-8.1.tar.xz 11702216 BLAKE2B 3710f8d3d60f89e404e837d238d089bdd7fd3be9404014aa1f3d4dd8983f10c7fefd7f4b27996fb8cb664f54aa3417da67f4ea02c896fe1026383198c45f5b26 SHA512 9deb30b93c27873564ec094693e72ff552f63a09af3175f9118672b88299a4e9495502aa0fb2dfbcd45857ba255f24b829bdd3c3c17d0f1eee75423302a9af8c
 DIST kodi-21.2-Omega.tar.gz 41306955 BLAKE2B 9d6199f380318a2df6f9b509fee909864c1fb957ca8a0a5344044d115ec58b20910d1a452e7ebf9701656858f54193669ff13c93d7787228e2d864fc4fb49797 SHA512 d49d74240b9c0aded3437dd81bc3324c03bea36834bca3920d5d26b4780275e3fea46efe1f3b33bb3e910d1ffe211ee17928bd8a441326a49713ac1120f083ea
 DIST kodi-21.3-Omega.tar.gz 41309420 BLAKE2B e7a58cb26633cffcfb687f75161e24c49aca8cab75318276d9140e74adc805c9ec48c76ab0118ac34daf26c540516d596d62a08742b52113744f5facb3719bf4 SHA512 4e344f7de95e7f47da413f7aeeef0656837befa89ef8924edf5409ac1c0c8c49e4023682ed236d19c3413e2ca5af8457899fdb13781f19a6208bfeddc69d7602
 DIST kodi-22.0a2-Piers.tar.gz 39895614 BLAKE2B f2c514ae1810d73177923dca0a1006faa421b6571951cf7be9067670a424a81a55f60e32466b1f3d898ca10610138973d746ba300d908eeb057e8e2ec7f82b6c SHA512 db958362f7f8cea584f7c243017ec8061456ed1c70fdfe51596d1fb60bfbceb3c2c69e2e01a588073832403338809c45ce1b3eaa32efa864ea62860d0cef8fad
diff --git a/media-tv/kodi/kodi-9999.ebuild b/media-tv/kodi/kodi-9999.ebuild
index 0cd86c7660ed4..8137f1ec475c1 100644
--- a/media-tv/kodi/kodi-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-tv/kodi/kodi-9999.ebuild
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ CODENAME="Piers"
 LIBDVDCSS_VERSION="1.4.3-Next-Nexus-Alpha2-2"
 LIBDVDREAD_VERSION="6.1.3-Next-Nexus-Alpha2-2"
 LIBDVDNAV_VERSION="6.1.1-Next-Nexus-Alpha2-2"
-FFMPEG_VERSION="8.0.1"
+FFMPEG_VERSION="8.1"
 
 # Java bundles from xbmc/interfaces/swig/CMakeLists.txt
 GROOVY_VERSION="4.0.26"