diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/vlc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/vlc/default.nix
index 8979e9790b4..dda70d797e5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/vlc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/vlc/default.nix
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ assert (withQt5 -> qtbase != null && qtsvg != null && qtx11extras != null && wra
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "vlc-${version}";
-  version = "3.0.7.1";
+  version = "3.0.8";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://get.videolan.org/vlc/${version}/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1xb4c8n0hkwijzfdlbwadhxnx9z8rlhmrdq4c7q74rq9f51q0m86";
+    sha256 = "e0149ef4a20a19b9ecd87309c2d27787ee3f47dfd47c6639644bc1f6fd95bdf6";
   };
 
   # VLC uses a *ton* of libraries for various pieces of functionality, many of