diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitea/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitea/default.nix
index 4cc1be3bd6427d..e5d3d257684a89 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitea/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitea/default.nix
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@
 
 buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "gitea";
-  version = "1.21.8";
+  version = "1.21.9";
 
   # not fetching directly from the git repo, because that lacks several vendor files for the web UI
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://dl.gitea.com/gitea/${version}/gitea-src-${version}.tar.gz";
-    hash = "sha256-nJ357ckglXRcl205Cg4tg9ewmLn2MkKUDU3PpwBVlik=";
+    hash = "sha256-4o5pSkC9jl8rI68naorDrRE4Rm0/chj3+cRxZqoziIU=";
   };
 
   vendorHash = null;