diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/websocketpp/websocketpp-0.7.0/0001-Fix-issue-599.patch b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/websocketpp/websocketpp-0.8.1/0001-Fix-issue-599.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/websocketpp/websocketpp-0.7.0/0001-Fix-issue-599.patch
rename to meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/websocketpp/websocketpp-0.8.1/0001-Fix-issue-599.patch
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/websocketpp/websocketpp-0.7.0/4cab5e5c0c5f19fcee7d37b4a38b156d63a150d4.patch b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/websocketpp/websocketpp-0.8.1/4cab5e5c0c5f19fcee7d37b4a38b156d63a150d4.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/websocketpp/websocketpp-0.7.0/4cab5e5c0c5f19fcee7d37b4a38b156d63a150d4.patch
rename to meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/websocketpp/websocketpp-0.8.1/4cab5e5c0c5f19fcee7d37b4a38b156d63a150d4.patch
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/websocketpp/websocketpp-0.7.0/9ddb300d874a30db35e3ad58f188944bef0bf31b.patch b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/websocketpp/websocketpp-0.8.1/9ddb300d874a30db35e3ad58f188944bef0bf31b.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/websocketpp/websocketpp-0.7.0/9ddb300d874a30db35e3ad58f188944bef0bf31b.patch
rename to meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/websocketpp/websocketpp-0.8.1/9ddb300d874a30db35e3ad58f188944bef0bf31b.patch
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/websocketpp/websocketpp-0.7.0/disable-tests.patch b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/websocketpp/websocketpp-0.8.1/disable-tests.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/websocketpp/websocketpp-0.7.0/disable-tests.patch
rename to meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/websocketpp/websocketpp-0.8.1/disable-tests.patch
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/websocketpp/websocketpp_0.7.0.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/websocketpp/websocketpp_0.7.0.bb
deleted file mode 100644
index 65fc974..0000000
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/websocketpp/websocketpp_0.7.0.bb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-SUMMARY = "C++/Boost Asio based websocket client/server library."
-SECTION = "libs/network"
-HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/zaphoyd/websocketpp"
-LICENSE = "BSD-3-Clause"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${S}/COPYING;md5=4d168d763c111f4ffc62249870e4e0ea"
-DEPENDS = "openssl boost zlib"
-
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/zaphoyd/websocketpp.git;protocol=https;branch=master"
-
-# tag 0.7.0
-SRCREV= "378437aecdcb1dfe62096ffd5d944bf1f640ccc3"
-
-SRC_URI += "file://0001-Fix-issue-599.patch \
-            file://9ddb300d874a30db35e3ad58f188944bef0bf31b.patch \
-            file://4cab5e5c0c5f19fcee7d37b4a38b156d63a150d4.patch \
-            file://disable-tests.patch \
- "
-
-S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
-
-inherit cmake
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/websocketpp/websocketpp_0.8.1.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/websocketpp/websocketpp_0.8.1.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75a5f88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/websocketpp/websocketpp_0.8.1.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+SUMMARY = "C++/Boost Asio based websocket client/server library."
+SECTION = "libs/network"
+HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/zaphoyd/websocketpp"
+LICENSE = "BSD-3-Clause"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${S}/COPYING;md5=4d168d763c111f4ffc62249870e4e0ea"
+DEPENDS = "openssl boost zlib"
+
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/zaphoyd/websocketpp.git;protocol=https;branch=master"
+
+# tag 0.8.1
+SRCREV= "c6d7e295bf5a0ab9b5f896720cc1a0e0fdc397a7"
+
+S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
+
+inherit cmake