diff --git a/pkgs/development/quickemu/default.nix b/pkgs/development/quickemu/default.nix
index 68cb00418ae8..95043c7be482 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/quickemu/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/quickemu/default.nix
@@ -50,13 +50,13 @@ in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "quickemu";
-  version = "4.7";
+  version = "4.8";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "quickemu-project";
     repo = "quickemu";
     rev = version;
-    hash = "sha256-6ctO11dKUj+CnHPVdj705uTwx31zKNQp6AUb/0kCgK8=";
+    hash = "sha256-QchY9inmBqAwNEhUL+uFCRX1laaM57ICbDJEBW7qTic=";
   };
 
   postPatch = ''