diff --git a/pkgs/servers/apache-kafka/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/apache-kafka/default.nix
index 1e9435b8598f..bdb24ac39f0a 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/apache-kafka/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/apache-kafka/default.nix
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 let
   versionMap = {
     "3_8" = {
-      kafkaVersion = "3.8.0";
+      kafkaVersion = "3.8.1";
       scalaVersion = "2.13";
-      sha256 = "sha256-4Cl8xv2wnvnZkFdRsl0rYpwXUo+GKbYFYe7/h84pCZw=";
+      sha256 = "sha256-IhdChtYMqmKyVQbEhpRLxuBNjLLS8VCD0v60gjl3i2I=";
       jre = jdk17_headless;
       nixosTest = nixosTests.kafka.kafka_3_8;
     };