diff --git a/Package.resolved b/Package.resolved
index 2109e03..f920ad8 100644
--- a/Package.resolved
+++ b/Package.resolved
@@ -294,8 +294,8 @@
       "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
       "location" : "https://github.com/apple/swift-system",
       "state" : {
-        "revision" : "7502b711c92a17741fa625d722b0ccbd595d8ed1",
-        "version" : "1.7.2"
+        "revision" : "869129b7bf4ecc57b97d0193ad29690ca2134750",
+        "version" : "1.8.1"
       }
     },
     {
diff --git a/Package.swift b/Package.swift
index 2b81b99..a59214d 100644
--- a/Package.swift
+++ b/Package.swift
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ let package = Package(
         .package(url: "https://github.com/apple/swift-log.git", from: "1.14.0"),
         .package(url: "https://github.com/apple/swift-argument-parser.git", from: "1.8.2"),
         .package(url: "https://github.com/apple/swift-crypto", from: "4.5.0"),
-        .package(url: "https://github.com/apple/swift-system", from: "1.7.2"),
+        .package(url: "https://github.com/apple/swift-system", from: "1.8.1"),
 
         // 1.0.0 removed the "SubprocessSpan" trait, so the workaround for
         // https://github.com/swiftlang/swift/issues/84379 is no longer needed.