diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.9.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.9.nix
index daafa08def49..4586467bb577 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.9.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.9.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 { buildPackages, fetchurl, perl, buildLinux, nixosTests, stdenv, ... } @ args:
 
 buildLinux (args // rec {
-  version = "4.9.280";
+  version = "4.9.281";
   extraMeta.branch = "4.9";
   extraMeta.broken = stdenv.isAarch64;
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://kernel/linux/kernel/v4.x/linux-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0am9qg9j18j4fc5zi6bk1g0mi8dp31pl62wlihxhhkc5yspzrna3";
+    sha256 = "1dg70jv3bqanmjs31s0x2p7nd5g37bqzjn9rc1y6wvkgm4pwahi6";
   };
 } // (args.argsOverride or {}))