diff --git a/dtool/Config.cmake b/dtool/Config.cmake
index 35fcd93484..de8568ce8a 100644
--- a/dtool/Config.cmake
+++ b/dtool/Config.cmake
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ if(BUILD_INTERROGATE)
     panda3d-interrogate
 
     GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/panda3d/interrogate.git
-    GIT_TAG ccbd5f9d79037a9d53d6dfb1a5e9fdf30f2510c1
+    GIT_TAG 7cf2550d2c8d95b8c268aa4bb0b5602e85a086dc
 
     PREFIX ${_interrogate_dir}
     CMAKE_ARGS
diff --git a/makepanda/makepandacore.py b/makepanda/makepandacore.py
index 9879469b25..1e32c11dd3 100644
--- a/makepanda/makepandacore.py
+++ b/makepanda/makepandacore.py
@@ -589,8 +589,8 @@ def GetInterrogateDir():
             return INTERROGATE_DIR
 
         dir = os.path.join(GetOutputDir(), "tmp", "interrogate")
-        if not os.path.isdir(os.path.join(dir, "panda3d_interrogate-0.7.1.dist-info")):
-            oscmd("\"%s\" -m pip install --force-reinstall --upgrade -t \"%s\" panda3d-interrogate==0.7.1" % (sys.executable, dir))
+        if not os.path.isdir(os.path.join(dir, "panda3d_interrogate-0.8.1.dist-info")):
+            oscmd("\"%s\" -m pip install --force-reinstall --upgrade -t \"%s\" panda3d-interrogate==0.8.1" % (sys.executable, dir))
 
         INTERROGATE_DIR = dir