diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/lighthouse/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/lighthouse/package.nix
index 3a2acc3ca68d..5f1d7fe41822 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/lighthouse/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/lighthouse/package.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "lighthouse";
-  version = "7.1.0";
+  version = "8.1.0";
 
   # lighthouse/common/deposit_contract/build.rs, `TAG`
   depositContractSpecVersion = "0.12.1";
@@ -28,17 +28,16 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
     owner = "sigp";
     repo = "lighthouse";
     tag = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-+tLAuuinSaVIwO5wi1Cf+86pWj83Jj0p1ajnDdpHsyI=";
+    hash = "sha256-+MF3KbyKbaEBsrNHQOOolfhl4uJ1laOL1eGtcWEoaLE=";
   };
 
   patches = [
     ./use-system-sqlite.patch
   ];
 
-  cargoHash = "sha256-pb44m+iWArlIim2tqbaH+pwCSqIdqzfVZJ9yj/ne1LY=";
+  cargoHash = "sha256-6C0rDVsF0wIcApc2YL3qC/Xa9qby9GDbQYGiaaJuH0k=";
 
   buildFeatures = [
-    "modern"
     "gnosis"
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/lighthouse/use-system-sqlite.patch b/pkgs/by-name/li/lighthouse/use-system-sqlite.patch
index c91b2574eed1..4e4bfded7054 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/lighthouse/use-system-sqlite.patch
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/lighthouse/use-system-sqlite.patch
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
-index 6a7b2f610..4cd9a9bc0 100644
+index aac26e060..d10c34a40 100644
 --- a/Cargo.toml
 +++ b/Cargo.toml
-@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ reqwest = { version = "0.11", default-features = false, features = [
+@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ reqwest = { version = "0.12", default-features = false, features = [
  ] }
  ring = "0.17"
  rpds = "0.11"
 -rusqlite = { version = "0.28", features = ["bundled"] }
 +rusqlite = { version = "0.28" }
- rust_eth_kzg = "0.5.4"
- safe_arith = { path = "consensus/safe_arith" }
- sensitive_url = { path = "common/sensitive_url" }
+ rust_eth_kzg = "0.9"
+ safe_arith = "0.1"
+ sensitive_url = { version = "0.1", features = ["serde"] }