diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.8.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.8.nix
index 5c2112686235..d7164d729402 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.8.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.8.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, perl, buildLinux, ... } @ args:
 
 import ./generic.nix (args // rec {
-  version = "4.8";
-  modDirVersion = "4.8.0";
+  version = "4.8.1";
   extraMeta.branch = "4.8";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://kernel/linux/kernel/v4.x/linux-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "3e9150065f193d3d94bcf46a1fe9f033c7ef7122ab71d75a7fb5a2f0c9a7e11a";
+    sha256 = "0rcqgi91jz5iyx1nrd4qjmvh0sgqjpqj94bwjh56c21nkxxiahg6";
   };
 
   kernelPatches = args.kernelPatches;