diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-zen.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-zen.nix
index fcc74ecad2a..c7d14a45068 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-zen.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-zen.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, buildLinux, ... } @ args:
 
 let
-  version = "5.7.10";
+  version = "5.8.1";
 in
 
 buildLinux (args // {
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ buildLinux (args // {
     owner = "zen-kernel";
     repo = "zen-kernel";
     rev = "v${version}-zen1";
-    sha256 = "0m9abjs7xv80zgk5qx7iimxaycif8dlr0g0kzkjyaw9mxji6gp37";
+    sha256 = "122q09d0sybi9lqlaxpq6ffc0ha9127bg3wzjync256lbj5394b7";
   };
 
   extraMeta = {
-    branch = "5.7/master";
+    branch = "5.8/master";
     maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ atemu ];
   };