diff --git a/cloud-config.txt b/cloud-config.txt
index 45890fa..f1397b7 100644
--- a/cloud-config.txt
+++ b/cloud-config.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ runcmd:
 - curl -sSL https://github.com/containernetworking/plugins/releases/download/v0.8.5/cni-plugins-linux-amd64-v0.8.5.tgz | tar -xz -C /opt/cni/bin
 - mkdir -p /go/src/github.com/openfaas/
 - cd /go/src/github.com/openfaas/ && git clone https://github.com/openfaas/faasd
-- curl -fSLs "https://github.com/openfaas/faasd/releases/download/0.7.7/faasd" --output "/usr/local/bin/faasd" && chmod a+x "/usr/local/bin/faasd"
+- curl -fSLs "https://github.com/openfaas/faasd/releases/download/0.8.1/faasd" --output "/usr/local/bin/faasd" && chmod a+x "/usr/local/bin/faasd"
 - cd /go/src/github.com/openfaas/faasd/ && /usr/local/bin/faasd install
 - systemctl status -l containerd --no-pager
 - journalctl -u faasd-provider --no-pager