diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
index b4f7e394ad..a7fa7ba2fd 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
@@ -1011,8 +1011,8 @@ (define-public linux-libre-riscv64-generic
 (define-public linux-libre-with-bpf
   (let ((base-linux-libre
          (make-linux-libre*
-          linux-libre-5.4-version
-          linux-libre-5.4-source
+          linux-libre-5.8-version
+          linux-libre-5.8-source
           '("x86_64-linux" "i686-linux" "armhf-linux"
             "aarch64-linux" "riscv64-linux")
           #:extra-version "bpf"