diff --git a/tests/prepare_proxy_verifier.sh b/tests/prepare_proxy_verifier.sh
index 77d7b9362c1..72abbc92fe0 100755
--- a/tests/prepare_proxy_verifier.sh
+++ b/tests/prepare_proxy_verifier.sh
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ pv_dir="${pv_name}-${pv_version}"
 pv_tar_filename="${pv_dir}.tar.gz"
 pv_tar="${pv_top_dir}/${pv_tar_filename}"
 pv_tar_url="https://ci.trafficserver.apache.org/bintray/${pv_tar_filename}"
-expected_sha1="5327d44d108ccf0f16740a6ebaf849471d590aad"
+expected_sha1="c20db86f6bf2eda1d8195b82066345becac6b49e"
 pv_client="${bin_dir}/verifier-client"
 pv_server="${bin_dir}/verifier-server"
 TAR=${TAR:-tar}
diff --git a/tests/proxy-verifier-version.txt b/tests/proxy-verifier-version.txt
index b77e3cc58c3..30505b0b8a7 100644
--- a/tests/proxy-verifier-version.txt
+++ b/tests/proxy-verifier-version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v2.8.0
+v2.8.1