diff --git a/scripts/clean.sh b/scripts/clean.sh
index 7622929..09f86cd 100755
--- a/scripts/clean.sh
+++ b/scripts/clean.sh
@@ -29,15 +29,15 @@ create_directory ./bin/lib/net
 create_directory ./include
 
 if uname -s | tr [:upper:] [:lower:] | grep cygwin >/dev/null; then
-    ln -vs ../../dependencies/sockpp-0.7.1/build/cygsockpp-0.dll bin/lib/libsockpp.so
-    ln -vs ../../dependencies/sockpp-0.7.1/build/cygsockpp-0.dll bin/lib/
+    ln -vs ../../dependencies/sockpp-0.8.1/build/cygsockpp-0.dll bin/lib/libsockpp.so
+    ln -vs ../../dependencies/sockpp-0.8.1/build/cygsockpp-0.dll bin/lib/
 else
-    ln -vs ../../dependencies/sockpp-0.7.1/build/libsockpp.so bin/lib/
-    ln -vs ../../dependencies/sockpp-0.7.1/build/libsockpp.so.0 bin/lib/
-    ln -vs ../../dependencies/sockpp-0.7.1/build/libsockpp.so.0.7.1 bin/lib/
+    ln -vs ../../dependencies/sockpp-0.8.1/build/libsockpp.so bin/lib/
+    ln -vs ../../dependencies/sockpp-0.8.1/build/libsockpp.so.0 bin/lib/
+    ln -vs ../../dependencies/sockpp-0.8.1/build/libsockpp.so.0.8.1 bin/lib/
 fi
 
-ln -vs ../dependencies/sockpp-0.7.1/include/sockpp/ ./include/
+ln -vs ../dependencies/sockpp-0.8.1/include/sockpp/ ./include/
 ln -vs ../dependencies/tiny-utf8-4.4.3/include/tinyutf8/ ./include/
 
 create_file ./bin/.placeholder
diff --git a/scripts/setup_project.sh b/scripts/setup_project.sh
index 7e8645a..c0058ec 100755
--- a/scripts/setup_project.sh
+++ b/scripts/setup_project.sh
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ scripts/clean_dependencies.sh
 set -e # failures are not acceptable here
 create_directory dependencies/tmp
 download https://github.com/DuffsDevice/tiny-utf8/archive/refs/tags/v4.4.3.tar.gz dependencies/tmp/tiny-utf8.tar.gz 8e3f61651909c9f3105d3501932a96aa65733127fb6e7cf94cb1b0a2dff42c8f
-download https://github.com/fpagliughi/sockpp/archive/refs/tags/v0.7.1.tar.gz dependencies/tmp/sockpp.tar.gz 2e023528bebbd2ac083fc91fbe6d5c4158c3336bedbcff48f594f3b28f53b940
+download https://github.com/fpagliughi/sockpp/archive/refs/tags/v0.8.1.tar.gz dependencies/tmp/sockpp.tar.gz a8aedff8bd8c1da530b91be650352008fddabc9f1df0d19701d76cbc359c8651
 
 echo -n ">>> Extracting tiny-utf8... "
 gzip -d dependencies/tmp/tiny-utf8.tar.gz
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ tar -xf dependencies/tmp/sockpp.tar -C dependencies
 echo "done"
 
 echo ">>> Building sockpp... "
-pushd dependencies/sockpp-0.7.1/ >/dev/null 2>&1
+pushd dependencies/sockpp-0.8.1/ >/dev/null 2>&1
 if uname -s | tr [:upper:] [:lower:] | grep cygwin >/dev/null; then
     echo "Adding Cygwin workaound for building sockpp."