diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hostapd/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hostapd/default.nix
index 41d7f236682..8c58d535339 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hostapd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hostapd/default.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "hostapd";
-  version = "2.8";
+  version = "2.9";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://w1.fi/releases/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1c74rrazkhy4lr7pwgwa2igzca7h9l4brrs7672kiv7fwqmm57wj";
+    sha256 = "1mrbvg4v7vm7mknf0n29mf88k3s4a4qj6r4d51wq8hmjj1m7s7c8";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];