diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-3.17.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-3.17.nix
index a459e33f4d6..5c1aa2a04a1 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-3.17.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-3.17.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, ... } @ args:
 
 import ./generic.nix (args // rec {
-  version = "3.17.7";
+  version = "3.17.8";
   extraMeta.branch = "3.17";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://kernel/linux/kernel/v3.x/linux-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "074f56sz22wqnn21gamwf63llhsqc2hgb7dzkbkd5gqjx6pfdj53";
+    sha256 = "0g2q0pnsbsfwzk9rl2ggkfhsmj9bzmy9lccclpd98zfw7kflz8ca";
   };
 
   features.iwlwifi = true;