diff --git a/Projects/AnalysisBase/externals.txt b/Projects/AnalysisBase/externals.txt
index d9419a10e2c756a416c2058fbbb31a696937be9b..efed3e593175fc314800ee8a2e86dc87e57a683b 100644
--- a/Projects/AnalysisBase/externals.txt
+++ b/Projects/AnalysisBase/externals.txt
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 # forbidden.
 
 # The version of atlas/atlasexternals to use:
-AnalysisBaseExternalsVersion = 2.0.80
+AnalysisBaseExternalsVersion = 2.0.81
diff --git a/Projects/AthDataQuality/externals.txt b/Projects/AthDataQuality/externals.txt
index a2864e7a31e27bbc6ff6954b62a103a5e4d9c1c1..19cfe7c0de1abc28c38893c08dfc4512a7714c19 100644
--- a/Projects/AthDataQuality/externals.txt
+++ b/Projects/AthDataQuality/externals.txt
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 # an "origin/" prefix before it. For tags however this is explicitly
 # forbidden.
 
-AtlasExternalsVersion = 2.0.80
+AtlasExternalsVersion = 2.0.81
diff --git a/Projects/AthGeneration/externals.txt b/Projects/AthGeneration/externals.txt
index a292c3838aa945ef29f9b9df92172cd6044809f8..08f7752d23d009e3719f6e1a35946e35ec2b7961 100644
--- a/Projects/AthGeneration/externals.txt
+++ b/Projects/AthGeneration/externals.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # forbidden.
 
 # The version of atlas/atlasexternals to use:
-AthGenerationExternalsVersion = 2.0.80
+AthGenerationExternalsVersion = 2.0.81
 
 # The version of atlas/Gaudi to use:
 GaudiVersion = v34r0.005
diff --git a/Projects/AthSimulation/externals.txt b/Projects/AthSimulation/externals.txt
index 7cf39f8d516e69c0c82af585404c76bacd9622f3..4ed6078657e130007f172c6485d466738a5aea09 100644
--- a/Projects/AthSimulation/externals.txt
+++ b/Projects/AthSimulation/externals.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # forbidden.
 
 # The version of atlas/atlasexternals to use:
-AthSimulationExternalsVersion = 2.0.80
+AthSimulationExternalsVersion = 2.0.81
 
 # The version of atlas/Gaudi to use:
 GaudiVersion = v34r0.005
diff --git a/Projects/Athena/externals.txt b/Projects/Athena/externals.txt
index 6d393e4147f4f29261d488a41bbdbfe8e79f8764..12c0bc1a45aa2cddc82ba286eb5a73b98cdddf99 100644
--- a/Projects/Athena/externals.txt
+++ b/Projects/Athena/externals.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # forbidden.
 
 # The version of atlas/atlasexternals to use:
-AthenaExternalsVersion = 2.0.80
+AthenaExternalsVersion = 2.0.81
 
 # The version of atlas/Gaudi to use:
 GaudiVersion = v34r0.005
diff --git a/Projects/VP1Light/externals.txt b/Projects/VP1Light/externals.txt
index 88576ad8aa72b507a5965019fe5267165eaa0bed..8e7046a7509c79ecee368f89096a5c26cdce00c8 100644
--- a/Projects/VP1Light/externals.txt
+++ b/Projects/VP1Light/externals.txt
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 # forbidden.
 
 # The version of atlas/atlasexternals to use:
-VP1LightExternalsVersion = 2.0.80
+VP1LightExternalsVersion = 2.0.81