diff --git a/godel/config/godel.properties b/godel/config/godel.properties
index 4040ec2b..2e550b7f 100644
--- a/godel/config/godel.properties
+++ b/godel/config/godel.properties
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-distributionURL=https://github.com/palantir/godel/releases/download/v2.80.0/godel-2.80.0.tgz
-distributionSHA256=1d09c9763cbde10368daa6e6dedb8db93f8698b3f5a0766869424498c65dd978
+distributionURL=https://github.com/palantir/godel/releases/download/v2.81.0/godel-2.81.0.tgz
+distributionSHA256=5f136011cb4d406167d5fef70c6663829c105bb7db0ad25e1a50b09fe186a060
diff --git a/godelw b/godelw
index 95b1c0d5..9b8383de 100755
--- a/godelw
+++ b/godelw
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 
 # Version and checksums for godel. Values are populated by the godel "dist" task.
-VERSION=2.80.0
-DARWIN_AMD64_CHECKSUM=9a7985338bf10b72e4f460c5fb68ce2f59c6e8104a128c1d66d3fe3156de04cd
-DARWIN_ARM64_CHECKSUM=e5d98d743176629d380b130d88074d87b933ef1aec9f7fc64787aedd4b6165a4
-LINUX_AMD64_CHECKSUM=3add6bffd6f6b64a884f275ab4d84968ef24f59785faaa865526fc7a281ad4d4
-LINUX_ARM64_CHECKSUM=7240e8fbc405022f1bba4e5fd10c6ff799972481edd62ff09189f6b59409c8f8
+VERSION=2.81.0
+DARWIN_AMD64_CHECKSUM=345b15275621a25bb8bc157d0ff64e45046e7fd64817d5167bdf7798ec127aca
+DARWIN_ARM64_CHECKSUM=6cb0547ecb723c34c857e14ade5bd8ab684411faf06808bdf01a75c76c200202
+LINUX_AMD64_CHECKSUM=b0c5b88b12fa5146c6c3f056b48ee2536b4fb6d76a0a41f617b2133ce9f10d4e
+LINUX_ARM64_CHECKSUM=9e625922a1ad9ceb83db99577b666c31a4be9710b061833a65faf5235490546b
 
 # Downloads file at URL to destination path using wget or curl. Prints an error and exits if wget or curl is not present.
 function download {