diff --git a/pkgs/servers/dns/pdns-recursor/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/dns/pdns-recursor/default.nix
index 9b017249c15..1750a574af7 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/dns/pdns-recursor/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/dns/pdns-recursor/default.nix
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ with stdenv.lib;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "pdns-recursor-${version}";
-  version = "4.0.6";
+  version = "4.0.8";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://downloads.powerdns.com/releases/pdns-recursor-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "03fnjiacvhdlkr3a2206mham0p6p24gkawashs5v12r68k32l67j";
+    sha256 = "04v5y6mfdhn8ikigqmm3k5k0zz5l8d3k1a7ih464n1161q7z0vww";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];