diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/podman/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/podman/default.nix
index 8841abcd3671..b714db0bd62a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/podman/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/podman/default.nix
@@ -62,13 +62,13 @@ let
 in
 buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "podman";
-  version = "4.7.2";
+  version = "4.8.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "containers";
     repo = "podman";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-o5FTCuFUbTlENqvh+u6fPEfD816tKWPxHu2yhBi/Mf0=";
+    hash = "sha256-EDIgipbv8Z7nVV6VQ5IAmvHvvpLyGEDHMDnwhMUm/BQ=";
   };
 
   patches = [
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/podman/rm-podman-mac-helper-msg.patch b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/podman/rm-podman-mac-helper-msg.patch
index 5663f5e8a018..179ce41f02b2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/podman/rm-podman-mac-helper-msg.patch
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/podman/rm-podman-mac-helper-msg.patch
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 diff --git a/pkg/machine/machine_common.go b/pkg/machine/machine_common.go
-index 649748947..a981d93bf 100644
+index 4e43dd54c..a981d93bf 100644
 --- a/pkg/machine/machine_common.go
 +++ b/pkg/machine/machine_common.go
 @@ -127,14 +127,6 @@ address can't be used by podman. `
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ index 649748947..a981d93bf 100644
  				if len(helper) < 1 {
  					fmt.Print(fmtString)
 -				} else {
--					fmtString += `If you would like to install it run the\nfollowing commands:
+-					fmtString += `If you would like to install it, run the following commands:
 -
 -        sudo %s install
--        podman machine stop%[1]s; podman machine start%[1]s
+-        podman machine stop%[2]s; podman machine start%[2]s
 -
 -                `
 -					fmt.Printf(fmtString, helper, suffix)