diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/default.nix
index 9decf2ef6165..3c9ba2e744cb 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/default.nix
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ let
   buildType = "release";
   # Use maintainers/scripts/update.nix to update the version and all related hashes or
   # change the hashes in extpack.nix and guest-additions/default.nix as well manually.
-  virtualboxVersion = "7.1.6";
-  virtualboxSubVersion = "a";
-  virtualboxSha256 = "5a7b13066ec71990af0cc00a5eea9c7ec3c71ca5ed99bb549c85494ce2ea395d";
+  virtualboxVersion = "7.1.8";
+  virtualboxSubVersion = "";
+  virtualboxSha256 = "3f7132c55ac6c5f50585bfaa115d29e30b47ccf535cb0a12ff50214ddae2f63d";
 
   kvmPatchVersion = "20250207";
   kvmPatchHash = "sha256-GzRLIXhzWL1NLvaGKcWVBCdvay1IxgJUE4koLX1ze7Y=";
@@ -249,8 +249,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     ++ optional enableKvm (
       let
         patchVboxVersion =
-          # There is no updated patch for 7.0.22 yet, but the older one still applies.
-          if finalAttrs.virtualboxVersion == "7.0.22" then "7.0.20" else finalAttrs.virtualboxVersion;
+          # There is no updated patch for 7.1.8 yet, but the older one still applies.
+          if finalAttrs.virtualboxVersion == "7.1.8" then "7.1.6" else finalAttrs.virtualboxVersion;
       in
       fetchpatch {
         name = "virtualbox-${finalAttrs.virtualboxVersion}-kvm-dev-${finalAttrs.kvmPatchVersion}.patch";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/extpack.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/extpack.nix
index 7b9eb812064f..a26f3a0cac3f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/extpack.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/extpack.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   virtualbox,
 }:
 let
-  virtualboxExtPackVersion = "7.1.6";
+  virtualboxExtPackVersion = "7.1.8";
 in
 fetchurl rec {
   name = "Oracle_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-${virtualboxExtPackVersion}.vbox-extpack";
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ fetchurl rec {
     # Thus do not use `nix-prefetch-url` but instead plain old `sha256sum`.
     # Checksums can also be found at https://www.virtualbox.org/download/hashes/${version}/SHA256SUMS
     let
-      value = "c13e47d3fb2c849019accb03353c7d04ffb9c264920075972ed2e2befe3cdd8b";
+      value = "912586a3a1e9285f9df264f7999e6fffc0b8a42f2e013dd898a86f7ed3975d37";
     in
     assert (builtins.stringLength value) == 64;
     value;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/guest-additions-iso/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/guest-additions-iso/default.nix
index 61e577ebd95f..008a41353afe 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/guest-additions-iso/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/guest-additions-iso/default.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 }:
 fetchurl {
   url = "http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/${virtualboxVersion}/VBoxGuestAdditions_${virtualboxVersion}.iso";
-  sha256 = "dbbda1645bc05c9260adfe9efc4949cb590ec5ec02680aff936375670cffcafc";
+  sha256 = "0001ed19cc389f04723c9b911338559b9b74bea0d24edf794d8d2ce5b5cb14e0";
   meta = {
     description = "Guest additions ISO for VirtualBox";
     longDescription = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/guest-additions/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/guest-additions/default.nix
index 0a2ffad20fe2..6de71ef33067 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/guest-additions/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/guest-additions/default.nix
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
   libX11,
 }:
 let
-  virtualboxVersion = "7.1.6";
-  virtualboxSubVersion = "a";
-  virtualboxSha256 = "5a7b13066ec71990af0cc00a5eea9c7ec3c71ca5ed99bb549c85494ce2ea395d";
+  virtualboxVersion = "7.1.8";
+  virtualboxSubVersion = "";
+  virtualboxSha256 = "3f7132c55ac6c5f50585bfaa115d29e30b47ccf535cb0a12ff50214ddae2f63d";
 
   virtualBoxNixGuestAdditionsBuilder = callPackage ./builder.nix {
     inherit virtualboxVersion virtualboxSubVersion virtualboxSha256;