diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2411.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2411.section.md
index 85c880997692..dd01ea9c9c5e 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2411.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2411.section.md
@@ -448,7 +448,9 @@
   before changing the package to `pkgs.stalwart-mail` in
   [`services.stalwart-mail.package`](#opt-services.stalwart-mail.package).
 
-- The `nomad_1_5` package was dropped, as [it has reached end-of-life upstream](https://support.hashicorp.com/hc/en-us/articles/360021185113-Support-Period-and-End-of-Life-EOL-Policy). Evaluating it will throw an error.
+- The `nomad_1_5` and `nomad_1_6` package were dropped, as [they have reached end-of-life upstream](https://support.hashicorp.com/hc/en-us/articles/360021185113-Support-Period-and-End-of-Life-EOL-Policy). Evaluating them will throw an error.
+
+- The default `nomad` package has been updated to 1.8.x. For more information, see [breaking changes for Nomad 1.8](https://developer.hashicorp.com/nomad/docs/upgrade/upgrade-specific#nomad-1-8-0)
 
 - `androidndkPkgs` has been updated to `androidndkPkgs_26`.
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/nomad/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/nomad/default.nix
index fae25a6ec623..a0998eb6fa36 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/nomad/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/nomad/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , buildGoModule
 , buildGo122Module
+, buildGo123Module
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , nixosTests
 , installShellFiles
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ rec {
   # Upstream partially documents used Go versions here
   # https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/blob/master/contributing/golang.md
 
-  nomad = nomad_1_7;
+  nomad = nomad_1_8;
 
   nomad_1_4 = throwUnsupportaed "nomad_1_4";
 
@@ -85,4 +86,16 @@ rec {
       export PATH="$PATH:$NIX_BUILD_TOP/go/bin"
     '';
   };
+
+  nomad_1_9 = generic {
+    buildGoModule = buildGo123Module;
+    version = "1.9.0";
+    sha256 = "sha256-MJNPYSH3KsRmGQeOcWw4VvDeFGinfsyGSo4q3OdOZo8=";
+    vendorHash = "sha256-Ss/qwQ14VUu40nXaIgTfNuj95ekTTVrY+zcStFDSCyI=";
+    license = lib.licenses.bsl11;
+    passthru.tests.nomad = nixosTests.nomad;
+    preCheck = ''
+      export PATH="$PATH:$NIX_BUILD_TOP/go/bin"
+    '';
+  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 370b07f664c5..8cc0cbc90f96 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10262,6 +10262,7 @@ with pkgs;
     nomad_1_6
     nomad_1_7
     nomad_1_8
+    nomad_1_9
     ;
 
   nomad-autoscaler = callPackage ../applications/networking/cluster/nomad-autoscaler { };