diff --git a/pkgs/servers/dns/pdns-recursor/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/dns/pdns-recursor/default.nix
index 566f2ab015ff..a41581d934c6 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/dns/pdns-recursor/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/dns/pdns-recursor/default.nix
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "pdns-recursor";
-  version = "4.8.0";
+  version = "4.8.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://downloads.powerdns.com/releases/pdns-recursor-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "zLkBehp4jpXpSOeyQO+NtTropQe5FfJgGI7zQ/f2i9w=";
+    sha256 = "17A0RwCSV+US8B/MRsvbnIWbZyocmyP684LocHZbDw0=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];