diff --git a/srcpkgs/kernel/common-vars b/srcpkgs/kernel/common-vars
index 0481fb18659..aabed9c85d3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/kernel/common-vars
+++ b/srcpkgs/kernel/common-vars
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Common vars shared by the 'kernel' and 'kernel-libc-headers'
 # build templates.
 _kmajorver=3.1
-version=${_kmajorver}.7
+version=${_kmajorver}.8
 wrksrc="linux-${version}"
 distfiles="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux//kernel/v3.x/linux-${version}.tar.xz"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.kernel.org"
 license="GPL-2"
-checksum=0686cda01badb726317e560746d249bca234f050fe302931ea5eb47716dd8755
+checksum=19037d84e8f5916bc80e55b7622dda87e00ce5dbdda7f2c8672172f1019f05d8