diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index ed40760..483c9dc 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ RUN set -x; arch=$(echo ${TARGETARCH} | sed 's/amd/x/g') \
 # --- build QEMU and Python venv
 FROM qemu-build-${TARGETARCH} AS qemu-build
 
-ARG QEMU_VERSION=6.2.0
+ARG QEMU_VERSION=8.1.2
 
 WORKDIR /opt
 
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ RUN install_packages \
     libfdt-dev \
     libglib2.0-dev \
     libpixman-1-dev \
+    libslirp-dev \
     ninja-build \
     zlib1g-dev
 
@@ -50,9 +51,9 @@ COPY requirements.txt .
 RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
 
 RUN wget -q https://download.qemu.org/qemu-${QEMU_VERSION}.tar.xz \
-    && echo "68e15d8e45ac56326e0b9a4afa8b49a3dfe8aba3488221d098c84698bca65b45  qemu-${QEMU_VERSION}.tar.xz" | sha256sum -c - \
+    && echo "541526a764576eb494d2ff5ec46aeb253e62ea29035d1c23c0a8af4e6cd4f087  qemu-${QEMU_VERSION}.tar.xz" | sha256sum -c - \
     && tar -xf qemu-${QEMU_VERSION}.tar.xz && cd qemu-${QEMU_VERSION} \
-    && ./configure --target-list=x86_64-softmmu && make -j"$(nproc)" \
+    && ./configure --target-list=x86_64-softmmu --enable-slirp && make -j"$(nproc)" \
     && make install
 
 
diff --git a/resources/qemu.robot b/resources/qemu.robot
index 740eecf..e941d94 100644
--- a/resources/qemu.robot
+++ b/resources/qemu.robot
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ Run "${image}" with "${memory}" MB memory "${cpus}" cpus and "${serial_port_path
     Run Keyword And Return If    '${result.stdout}' != '0'    Run image with KVM enabled
 
 Run image with KVM enabled
-    ${handle} =  Start Process    qemu-system-x86_64 -device ahci,id\=ahci -drive file\=${image_copy},media\=disk,cache\=none,format\=raw,if\=none,id\=disk -device ide-hd,drive\=disk,bus\=ahci.0 -device virtio-net-pci,netdev\=n1 -netdev \"user,id\=n1,dns\=127.0.0.1,guestfwd\=tcp:10.0.2.100:80-cmd:netcat haproxy 80,guestfwd\=tcp:10.0.2.100:443-cmd:netcat haproxy 443\" -m ${memory} -nographic -machine type\=q35,accel\=kvm -smp ${cpus} -chardev socket,id\=serial0,path\=${serial_port_path},server,nowait -serial chardev:serial0 -bios "/usr/share/ovmf/OVMF.fd" -nodefaults \    shell=yes
+    ${handle} =  Start Process    qemu-system-x86_64 -device ahci,id\=ahci -drive file\=${image_copy},media\=disk,cache\=none,format\=raw,if\=none,id\=disk -device ide-hd,drive\=disk,bus\=ahci.0 -device virtio-net-pci,netdev\=n1 -netdev \"user,id\=n1,dns\=127.0.0.1,guestfwd\=tcp:10.0.2.100:80-cmd:netcat haproxy 80,guestfwd\=tcp:10.0.2.100:443-cmd:netcat haproxy 443\" -m ${memory} -nographic -machine type\=q35,accel\=kvm -smp ${cpus} -chardev socket,id\=serial0,path\=${serial_port_path},server=on,wait=off -serial chardev:serial0 -bios "/usr/share/ovmf/OVMF.fd" -nodefaults \    shell=yes
     Return From Keyword    ${handle}
 
 Run image with KVM disabled
-    ${handle} =  Start Process    qemu-system-x86_64 -device ahci,id\=ahci -drive file\=${image_copy},media\=disk,cache\=none,format\=raw,if\=none,id\=disk -device ide-hd,drive\=disk,bus\=ahci.0 -device virtio-net-pci,netdev\=n1 -netdev \"user,id\=n1,dns\=127.0.0.1,guestfwd\=tcp:10.0.2.100:80-cmd:netcat haproxy 80,guestfwd\=tcp:10.0.2.100:443-cmd:netcat haproxy 443\" -m ${memory} -nographic -machine type\=q35 -smp ${cpus} -chardev socket,id\=serial0,path\=${serial_port_path},server,nowait -serial chardev:serial0 -bios "/usr/share/ovmf/OVMF.fd" -nodefaults \    shell=yes   shell=yes
+    ${handle} =  Start Process    qemu-system-x86_64 -device ahci,id\=ahci -drive file\=${image_copy},media\=disk,cache\=none,format\=raw,if\=none,id\=disk -device ide-hd,drive\=disk,bus\=ahci.0 -device virtio-net-pci,netdev\=n1 -netdev \"user,id\=n1,dns\=127.0.0.1,guestfwd\=tcp:10.0.2.100:80-cmd:netcat haproxy 80,guestfwd\=tcp:10.0.2.100:443-cmd:netcat haproxy 443\" -m ${memory} -nographic -machine type\=q35 -smp ${cpus} -chardev socket,id\=serial0,path\=${serial_port_path},server=on,wait=off -serial chardev:serial0 -bios "/usr/share/ovmf/OVMF.fd" -nodefaults \    shell=yes   shell=yes
     Return From Keyword    ${handle}