diff --git a/pkgs/linux-megous/default.nix b/pkgs/linux-megous/default.nix
index ef34eb05..8c48a5e3 100644
--- a/pkgs/linux-megous/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/linux-megous/default.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ with lib;
 let
   base = "6.1.0";
   # set to empty if not a release candidate
-  rc = "-rc7";
+  rc = "-rc8";
 in buildLinux (args // rec {
   version = base + rc;
 
@@ -16,9 +16,15 @@ in buildLinux (args // rec {
   extraMeta.branch = versions.majorMinor version;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    # HOW TO UPDATE:
+    # - `git fetch` from megous' github.
+    # - there should be some new tag, like `orange-pi-6.1-blah`. use that.
+    # - megi publishes release notes as the most recent commit on any stable branch, so just `git log`.
+    # - orange-pi is listed as the "main integration branch".
+    #   - specific branches like `pp` (pinephone) are dev branches, and probably less stable.
     owner = "megous";
     repo = "linux";
-    rev = "orange-pi-6.1-20221128-1027";
-    hash = "sha256-kEujs4v5rPHPYy4YLyEWHa1Bu0sxoXLgSvmOH9QPWos=";
+    rev = "orange-pi-6.1-20221211-1046";
+    hash = "sha256-TgFXH8bHWHs26rlf7a/zNO9zubFazC8Ie6J1gj4gLgw=";
   };
 } // (args.argsOverride or { }))