diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hostapd/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hostapd/default.nix
index b1b5401b88db..73174779c8c6 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hostapd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hostapd/default.nix
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 with stdenv.lib;
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "hostapd-${version}";
-  version = "2.7";
+  version = "2.8";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://w1.fi/releases/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0hd181sghdk944hxd7d41s7zhqd4dmsbkxipjj27bgisrjixvc11";
+    sha256 = "1c74rrazkhy4lr7pwgwa2igzca7h9l4brrs7672kiv7fwqmm57wj";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];