diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/default.nix
index b930e54fa4c..4c244bb3c9c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/default.nix
@@ -284,8 +284,8 @@ let
   });
 
   php74base = callPackage generic (_args // {
-    version = "7.4.7";
-    sha256 = "0ynq4fz54jpzh9nxvbgn3vrdad2clbac0989ai0yrj2ryc0hs3l0";
+    version = "7.4.8";
+    sha256 = "0ql01sfg8l7y2bfwmnjxnfw9irpibnz57ssck24b00y00nkd6j3a";
   });
 
   defaultPhpExtensions = { all, ... }: with all; ([
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
index 1e6430df983..668ea8c67ed 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
@@ -1014,6 +1014,7 @@ in
                +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
                | Copyright (c) The PHP Group                                          |
           '')
+        ] ++ lib.optional (lib.versionOlder php.version "7.4.8") [
           (pkgs.writeText "mysqlnd_fix_compression.patch" ''
             --- a/ext/mysqlnd/mysqlnd.h
             +++ b/ext/mysqlnd/mysqlnd.h