diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI-windows.yml b/.github/workflows/CI-windows.yml
index 3ebe309cb15..c5916231a2e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI-windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI-windows.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [windows-2019, windows-2022]
-        qt_ver: [5.15.2, 6.8.0]
+        qt_ver: [5.15.2, 6.8.1]
       fail-fast: false
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/asan.yml b/.github/workflows/asan.yml
index 636bbaf8f45..e7fa9f09fc6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/asan.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/asan.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     env:
-      QT_VERSION: 6.8.0
+      QT_VERSION: 6.8.1
       ASAN_OPTIONS: detect_stack_use_after_return=1
       # TODO: figure out why there are cache misses with PCH enabled
       CCACHE_SLOPPINESS: pch_defines,time_macros
diff --git a/.github/workflows/clang-tidy.yml b/.github/workflows/clang-tidy.yml
index 46705c2bac3..567d435bae8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/clang-tidy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/clang-tidy.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     env:
-      QT_VERSION: 6.8.0
+      QT_VERSION: 6.8.1
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/iwyu.yml b/.github/workflows/iwyu.yml
index 2ffa3ce8636..cf9d0af005d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/iwyu.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/iwyu.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
       image: ${{ matrix.image }}
 
     env:
-      QT_VERSION: 6.8.0
+      QT_VERSION: 6.8.1
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ jobs:
     if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'danmar' }}
 
     env:
-      QT_VERSION: 6.8.0
+      QT_VERSION: 6.8.1
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-windows.yml b/.github/workflows/release-windows.yml
index c80a2ece958..2da689c3529 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-windows.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # see https://www.pcre.org/original/changelog.txt
       PCRE_VERSION: 8.45
-      QT_VERSION: 6.8.0
+      QT_VERSION: 6.8.1
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/selfcheck.yml b/.github/workflows/selfcheck.yml
index 1666e7352a1..fc1fccb98dc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/selfcheck.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/selfcheck.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     env:
-      QT_VERSION: 6.8.0
+      QT_VERSION: 6.8.1
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tsan.yml b/.github/workflows/tsan.yml
index e06187e94d9..d0f3fd9ff5e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tsan.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tsan.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     env:
-      QT_VERSION: 6.8.0
+      QT_VERSION: 6.8.1
       TSAN_OPTIONS: halt_on_error=1
       # TODO: figure out why there are cache misses with PCH enabled
       CCACHE_SLOPPINESS: pch_defines,time_macros
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ubsan.yml b/.github/workflows/ubsan.yml
index 83cf6369732..e60942c8e0e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ubsan.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ubsan.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     env:
-      QT_VERSION: 6.8.0
+      QT_VERSION: 6.8.1
       UBSAN_OPTIONS: print_stacktrace=1:halt_on_error=1:report_error_type=1
       # TODO: figure out why there are cache misses with PCH enabled
       CCACHE_SLOPPINESS: pch_defines,time_macros