diff --git a/roles/process_exporter/defaults/main.yml b/roles/process_exporter/defaults/main.yml
index e12050a3b..59a45630e 100644
--- a/roles/process_exporter/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/process_exporter/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-process_exporter_version: 0.7.10
+process_exporter_version: 0.8.1
 process_exporter_binary_local_dir: ""
 process_exporter_binary_url: "https://github.com/{{ _process_exporter_repo }}/releases/download/v{{ process_exporter_version }}/\
                               process-exporter-{{ process_exporter_version }}.linux-{{ go_arch }}.tar.gz"
diff --git a/roles/process_exporter/meta/argument_specs.yml b/roles/process_exporter/meta/argument_specs.yml
index 0d959a863..9798f5a6c 100644
--- a/roles/process_exporter/meta/argument_specs.yml
+++ b/roles/process_exporter/meta/argument_specs.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ argument_specs:
     options:
       process_exporter_version:
         description: "Process exporter package version. Also accepts latest as parameter."
-        default: "0.7.5"
+        default: "0.8.1"
       process_exporter_skip_install:
         description: "Process exporter installation tasks gets skipped when set to true."
         type: bool