diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/dtc/dtc_1.7.2.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/dtc/dtc_1.8.1.bb
similarity index 51%
rename from meta/recipes-kernel/dtc/dtc_1.7.2.bb
rename to meta/recipes-kernel/dtc/dtc_1.8.1.bb
index b8b79542c5..864494805c 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/dtc/dtc_1.7.2.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/dtc/dtc_1.8.1.bb
@@ -1,3 +1,25 @@
+# FIXME: the LIC_FILES_CHKSUM values have been updated by 'devtool upgrade'.
+# The following is the difference between the old and the new license text.
+# Please update the LICENSE value if needed, and summarize the changes in
+# the commit message via 'License-Update:' tag.
+# (example: 'License-Update: copyright years updated.')
+#
+# The changes:
+#
+# --- README.license
+# +++ README.license
+# @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
+#  makes that it easier for vendors or authors of such software to do so.
+#  
+#  This does mean that libfdt code could be "stolen" - say, included in a
+# -proprietary fimware and extended without contributing those extensions
+# +proprietary firmware and extended without contributing those extensions
+#  back to the libfdt mainline.  While I hope that doesn't happen, I
+#  believe the goal of allowing libfdt to be widely used is more
+#  important than avoiding that.  libfdt is quite small, and hardly
+# 
+#
+
 SUMMARY = "Device Tree Compiler"
 HOMEPAGE = "https://devicetree.org/"
 DESCRIPTION = "The Device Tree Compiler is a toolchain for working with device tree source and binary files."
@@ -6,13 +28,14 @@ LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only | BSD-2-Clause"
 
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://GPL;md5=b234ee4d69f5fce4486a80fdaf4a4263 \
                     file://BSD-2-Clause;md5=5d6306d1b08f8df623178dfd81880927 \
-                    file://README.license;md5=a1eb22e37f09df5b5511b8a278992d0e"
+                    file://README.license;md5=a5696bd07fcc7285cbbacc42c2132248 \
+                    "
 
 SRC_URI = " \
     git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/dtc/dtc.git;branch=main;protocol=https \
     file://0001-Fix-discarded-const-qualifiers.patch \
 "
-SRCREV = "2d10aa2afe35527728db30b35ec491ecb6959e5c"
+SRCREV = "8f48565e5cfedc74d3f7512f1e0188e9d85dc1de"
 
 UPSTREAM_CHECK_GITTAGREGEX = "v(?P<pver>\d+(\.\d+)+)"