diff --git a/snapcraft.yaml b/snapcraft.yaml
index 097816d8d..4ffd4119e 100644
--- a/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ parts:
     override-pull: |-
       [ "$(uname -m)" != "x86_64" ] && [ "$(uname -m)" != "aarch64" ] && [ "$(uname -m)" != "ppc64le" ] && [ "$(uname -m)" != "s390x" ] && exit 0
       set -ex
-      git clone https://gitlab.com/qemu/qemu . -b v7.1.0
+      git clone https://gitlab.com/qemu/qemu . -b v8.0.5
     override-build: |-
       [ "$(uname -m)" != "x86_64" ] && [ "$(uname -m)" != "aarch64" ] && [ "$(uname -m)" != "ppc64le" ] && [ "$(uname -m)" != "s390x" ] && exit 0