diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/nginx/modules.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/nginx/modules.nix
index 004ba2a6b997..c1babafac454 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/nginx/modules.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/nginx/modules.nix
@@ -508,8 +508,8 @@ let self = {
     src = fetchFromGitHub {
       owner = "nginx";
       repo = "njs";
-      rev = "0.8.7";
-      hash = "sha256-VEXzP+cN5hnDeniccwY7GIi4x460rnWO/o7ja3DyRCc=";
+      rev = "0.8.9";
+      hash = "sha256-TalS9EJP+vB1o3BKaTvXXnudjKhNOcob3kDAyeKej3c=";
     };
 
     # njs module sources have to be writable during nginx build, so we copy them