diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/default.nix
index 0e82e63014c1..cd003aecd13e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/default.nix
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ let
     hash = "sha256-1w4OSlz88D2pnZVXQcI4uyX+triNK0NXzlsyt7GGSLU=";
   };
   v8 = {
-    version = "8.0.1";
-    hash = "sha256-eA5fP/uZqF5+jDDt4tHArGqyt7zbrLZ21v+Lchr8OS8=";
+    version = "8.1";
+    hash = "sha256-FdKhhCveEo5UodEoyUh3aBHABv3OT2VXmwBXE1ce3p0=";
   };
 in
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix
index 6310aff338aa..0b9142ed67a9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix
@@ -452,6 +452,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (
       ]
       ++ optionals (lib.versionAtLeast version "5.1") [
         ./nvccflags-cpp14.patch
+      ]
+      ++ optionals (lib.versionAtLeast version "5.1" && lib.versionOlder version "8.1") [
         (fetchpatch2 {
           name = "unbreak-hardcoded-tables.patch";
           url = "https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb/ffmpeg.git/patch/1d47ae65bf6df91246cbe25c997b25947f7a4d1d";