diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
index 22fea5c30c..777fe64fcc 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
@@ -385,10 +385,10 @@ (define (%upstream-linux-source version hash)
     (sha256 hash)))
 
 
-(define-public linux-libre-5.8-version "5.8")
+(define-public linux-libre-5.8-version "5.8.1")
 (define-public linux-libre-5.8-pristine-source
   (let ((version linux-libre-5.8-version)
-        (hash (base32 "1xgibkwb1yfl6qdlbxyagai0qc1pk5ark7giz1512hh6ma353xz7")))
+        (hash (base32 "09574qbcrncb34dx9pd65iqs06758zim4nkncnjzmxwgjgza9lpq")))
    (make-linux-libre-source version
                             (%upstream-linux-source version hash)
                             deblob-scripts-5.8)))