diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-3.12.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-3.12.nix
index fbf0df2ee2f..4828effb032 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-3.12.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-3.12.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, ... } @ args:
 
 import ./generic.nix (args // rec {
-  version = "3.12.7";
+  version = "3.12.8";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://kernel/linux/kernel/v3.x/linux-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1pmz1g919kbhf8mq23d25187gwzr8l85xj7bf9dvn3vpai7spafb";
+    sha256 = "15smxcn4q5c94jvdkgpz2r2dy4wgla67rp6s6r1yamz250xmc2xm";
   };
 
   features.iwlwifi = true;