diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-3.1.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-3.1.nix
index a87554ae71a3..ae78de1e4769 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-3.1.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-3.1.nix
@@ -200,13 +200,13 @@ in
 import ./generic.nix (
 
   rec {
-    version = "3.1-rc7";
+    version = "3.1-rc8";
 
-    modDirVersion = "3.1.0-rc7";
+    modDirVersion = "3.1.0-rc8";
   
     src = fetchurl {
       url = "https://github.com/torvalds/linux/tarball/v${version}";
-      sha256 = "05zlg522svyym6cab7lrqpihzrk8j356dyahyc321nd8yw0qfv2x";
+      sha256 = "1sz6snv2wavzasrswaprkjpzpll4247v4br0x2i6sndl2nqa6jz7";
       name = "v${version}.tar.gz";
     };