diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/racket/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/racket/default.nix
index 48be64aa0b8d..0b5084d43584 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/racket/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/racket/default.nix
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "racket";
-  version = "8.0"; # always change at once with ./minimal.nix
+  version = "8.1"; # always change at once with ./minimal.nix
 
   src = (lib.makeOverridable ({ name, sha256 }:
     fetchurl {
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     }
   )) {
     name = "${pname}-${version}";
-    sha256 = "0lqqpa88v0br93qw7450a4blyi3pwn7sq2k04h0ikbsqrdnfj7lj";
+    sha256 = "0wlgp9dlibhv1d181arz309fszz31l5gb5gl94bqzfcav014g3k8";
   };
 
   FONTCONFIG_FILE = fontsConf;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/racket/minimal.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/racket/minimal.nix
index c954b4f05ea4..4cfb178d42de 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/racket/minimal.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/racket/minimal.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ racket.overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: rec {
   name = "racket-minimal-${oldAttrs.version}";
   src = oldAttrs.src.override {
     inherit name;
-    sha256 = "0qvfi6rg9cwzh716q5j7m30rqq9xysi6zsalqlpdqrzhnx8y54k0";
+    sha256 = "1q54n16s0hmnry8q381wd7zfpyjndfjswn97vsbd4isngwz3w12k";
   };
 
   meta = oldAttrs.meta // {