diff --git a/package/firmware/linux-firmware/Makefile b/package/firmware/linux-firmware/Makefile
index 3ef4536724..bed11fdbe1 100644
--- a/package/firmware/linux-firmware/Makefile
+++ b/package/firmware/linux-firmware/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=linux-firmware
-PKG_VERSION:=20230310
+PKG_VERSION:=20230515
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@KERNEL/linux/kernel/firmware
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
-PKG_HASH:=5968d4e5178ca1ecad3c41c36bba4602c288f25c7a48eeaa74113537578199b2
+PKG_HASH:=8b1acfa16f1ee94732a6acb50d9d6c835cf53af11068bd89ed207bbe04a1e951
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
 
diff --git a/package/firmware/linux-firmware/mediatek.mk b/package/firmware/linux-firmware/mediatek.mk
index c18058dd64..77167aa8fe 100644
--- a/package/firmware/linux-firmware/mediatek.mk
+++ b/package/firmware/linux-firmware/mediatek.mk
@@ -69,6 +69,15 @@ define Package/mt7922bt-firmware/install
 endef
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,mt7922bt-firmware))
 
+Package/mt7981-wo-firmware = $(call Package/firmware-default,MT7981 offload firmware)
+define Package/mt7981-wo-firmware/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/lib/firmware/mediatek
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) \
+		$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/mediatek/mt7981_wo.bin \
+		$(1)/lib/firmware/mediatek
+endef
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,mt7981-wo-firmware))
+
 Package/mt7986-wo-firmware = $(call Package/firmware-default,MT7986 offload firmware)
 define Package/mt7986-wo-firmware/install
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/lib/firmware/mediatek