diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lxc/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lxc/default.nix
index 00822dd6150f..1f5cf028a281 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lxc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lxc/default.nix
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
 with lib;
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "lxc";
-  version = "4.0.7";
+  version = "4.0.8";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://linuxcontainers.org/downloads/lxc/lxc-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0gqfc6nps8ja3iymh1mqbzakrlnzlf4lzfcxawz764w15z0214vl";
+    sha256 = "16qbmysiyrvb1inbbdr8qwqa0c6h9mwyrbx4ry18x0kvrhmqamdc";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [