diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.8.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.8.nix
index e6e26a4ae5a..22881fd8076 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.8.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.8.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, perl, buildLinux, ... } @ args:
 
 import ./generic.nix (args // rec {
-  version = "4.8.8";
+  version = "4.8.9";
   extraMeta.branch = "4.8";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://kernel/linux/kernel/v4.x/linux-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0hm60zjsp22rbh8jz4d8rpwsj6bysmlcm0c5m1cxpnfj6cqcjp7w";
+    sha256 = "0z8xdr3gqmi295a76rbzngilf49kxxm6ffhr89lbfxnsffyy6m68";
   };
 
   kernelPatches = args.kernelPatches;