diff --git a/pkgs/servers/amqp/rabbitmq-server/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/amqp/rabbitmq-server/default.nix
index 12211f49698..bc83c5a8ea2 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/amqp/rabbitmq-server/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/amqp/rabbitmq-server/default.nix
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "rabbitmq-server";
 
-  version = "3.8.0";
+  version = "3.8.1";
 
   # when updating, consider bumping elixir version in all-packages.nix
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/download/v${version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "174ai8ihk50gwbqinxxxx5is6izvgmfca7skvvp4yk6fl8nbwm15";
+    sha256 = "17ymzjgz3544jgf321f8f788gdxs9l252ah61nlgsglv0x8gggrh";
   };
 
   buildInputs =