diff --git a/srcpkgs/lxd/template b/srcpkgs/lxd/template
index bf9b207d7f1..0b3d30a96eb 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/lxd/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/lxd/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'lxd'
 pkgname=lxd
-version=4.7
+version=4.8
 revision=1
 build_style=go
 go_import_path=github.com/lxc/lxd
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ maintainer="Cameron Nemo <cnemo@tutanota.com>"
 license="Apache-2.0"
 homepage="https://linuxcontainers.org/lxd"
 distfiles="https://linuxcontainers.org/downloads/lxd/lxd-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=011745a66e971d95ada088dc42a9154028393de86871ea3ef4ff91a2976525ed
+checksum=de4f096c71448ceb358c0d0d63e34d17ea8e49c15eb9d4f8af5030ce0535337f
 system_groups="lxd"
 
 # whitelist libcap LDFLAGS (see: https://github.com/lxc/lxd/issues/6727)