diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-5.6.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-5.6.nix
index a31e6e26d3f6..c5bd84abf168 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-5.6.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-5.6.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 with stdenv.lib;
 
 buildLinux (args // rec {
-  version = "5.6.7";
+  version = "5.6.8";
 
   # modDirVersion needs to be x.y.z, will automatically add .0 if needed
   modDirVersion = if (modDirVersionArg == null) then concatStringsSep "." (take 3 (splitVersion "${version}.0")) else modDirVersionArg;
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@ buildLinux (args // rec {
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://kernel/linux/kernel/v5.x/linux-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1jljcva3gxg1yc2kw3jjgmhzzdm16nylzxl63zbndjza547l5813";
+    sha256 = "1pw2q9509jzp84b6qasaais2ws25v2wrjh072q0x3j520zzl5q8r";
   };
 } // (args.argsOverride or {}))