diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
index 38ab0fe3a6..f03d52df6a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ (define (%upstream-linux-source version hash)
 
 ;; The current "stable" kernel. That is, the most recently released major
 ;; version.
-(define-public linux-libre-5.8-version "5.8.11")
+(define-public linux-libre-5.8-version "5.8.12")
 (define deblob-scripts-5.8
   (linux-libre-deblob-scripts
    linux-libre-5.8-version
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ (define deblob-scripts-5.8
    (base32 "0j6jba5fcddqlb42f95gjl78jisfla4nswqila074gglcrbnl9q7")))
 (define-public linux-libre-5.8-pristine-source
   (let ((version linux-libre-5.8-version)
-        (hash (base32 "0jy0yrrixzql9dlk9305w98pja2pm6ijrdbai326595pnk740n9y")))
+        (hash (base32 "0lla7zqan5cv5mp591f4ii3blijk3j0mm48y6hcz3irzwsjmmzq2")))
    (make-linux-libre-source version
                             (%upstream-linux-source version hash)
                             deblob-scripts-5.8)))