diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/default.nix
index 9386eb75abdd..c51c785cf640 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/default.nix
@@ -253,10 +253,10 @@ let
 
 in {
   ruby_2_6 = generic {
-    version = rubyVersion "2" "6" "7" "";
+    version = rubyVersion "2" "6" "8" "";
     sha256 = {
-      src = "17m9qxalwhk95dw1qhgxbvr3kkcxs3h86yirfg5mwj35gy5pw8p4";
-      git = "08gvknanwdfsaj3lmcv1bdqjf9lldphzi7gmlv3cfa8ligx2vbap";
+      src = "0vfam28ifl6h2wxi6p70j0hm3f1pvsp432hf75m5j25wfy2vf1qq";
+      git = "0rc3n6sk8632r0libpv8jwslc7852hgk64rvbdrspc9razjwx21c";
     };
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/patchsets.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/patchsets.nix
index 964e0a4e28a8..0575cb626b62 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/patchsets.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/patchsets.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { patchSet, useRailsExpress, ops, patchLevel, fetchpatch }:
 
 {
-  "2.6.7" = ops useRailsExpress [
+  "2.6.8" = ops useRailsExpress [
     "${patchSet}/patches/ruby/2.6/head/railsexpress/01-fix-broken-tests-caused-by-ad.patch"
     "${patchSet}/patches/ruby/2.6/head/railsexpress/02-improve-gc-stats.patch"
     "${patchSet}/patches/ruby/2.6/head/railsexpress/03-more-detailed-stacktrace.patch"