diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/default.nix
index fca190bde4ab..3fc6d760bceb 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/default.nix
@@ -48,14 +48,14 @@ assert !(opensslSupport && wolfsslSupport);
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "curl";
-  version = "7.88.1";
+  version = "8.0.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     urls = [
       "https://curl.haxx.se/download/curl-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.bz2"
       "https://github.com/curl/curl/releases/download/curl-${finalAttrs.version}/curl-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.bz2"
     ];
-    hash = "sha256-giS0XM4Sq94DnBLcBxG36oWxBLmtU01uTFtOGIphyQc=";
+    hash = "sha256-m2selrdI0EuWh4a2vfQHqlx1q1Oj03wcjIHNtzZVXM8=";
   };
 
   patches = [
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     inherit opensslSupport openssl;
     tests = {
       withCheck = finalAttrs.finalPackage.overrideAttrs (_: { doCheck = true; });
-      fetchpatch = tests.fetchpatch.simple.override { fetchpatch = fetchpatch.override { fetchurl = useThisCurl fetchurl; }; };
+      fetchpatch = tests.fetchpatch.simple.override { fetchpatch = (fetchpatch.override { fetchurl = useThisCurl fetchurl; }) // { version = 1; }; };
       curlpp = useThisCurl curlpp;
       coeurl = useThisCurl coeurl;
       haskell-curl = useThisCurl haskellPackages.curl;