diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/default.nix
index 719b62f93008..24d2e8dc217b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/default.nix
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     + lib.optionalString xenSupport "-xen"
     + lib.optionalString hostCpuOnly "-host-cpu-only"
     + lib.optionalString nixosTestRunner "-for-vm-tests";
-  version = "8.1.0";
+  version = "8.1.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://download.qemu.org/qemu-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.xz";
-    hash = "sha256-cQwQEZjjNNR2Lu9l9km8Q/qKXddTA1VLis/sPrJfDlU=";
+    hash = "sha256-N84u9eUA+3UvaBEXxotFEYMD6kmn4mvVQIDO1U+rfe8=";
   };
 
   depsBuildBuild = [ buildPackages.stdenv.cc ]