diff --git a/modules/rhizo_base/manifests/packages.pp b/modules/rhizo_base/manifests/packages.pp
index 73fddf8..e628005 100644
--- a/modules/rhizo_base/manifests/packages.pp
+++ b/modules/rhizo_base/manifests/packages.pp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class rhizo_base::packages {
     }
 
   package { ['puppet', 'puppet-common']:
-      ensure  => '3.7.5-1puppetlabs1',
+      ensure  => '3.8.1-1puppetlabs1',
     }
 
   }
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