diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index d355ba6..045e1a6 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -11,15 +11,16 @@
         "src-pythonparser": "src-pythonparser"
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1717638354,
-        "narHash": "sha256-eyI8OsOrn/j8ChbCpyFpS5VXBW8xSNGGIboFGQj/d4I=",
-        "ref": "refs/heads/master",
-        "rev": "ebc1e3fb767d6c0eac6eac20c3afeaba2ab70d1a",
-        "revCount": 8833,
+        "lastModified": 1717637705,
+        "narHash": "sha256-ZE5uuNgkaCMGAvvIg5acMotMdbrq5+o3k5lhEM1dGeI=",
+        "ref": "release-8",
+        "rev": "927bb3b6b4269d413d28aad264348432a9a672c0",
+        "revCount": 8832,
         "type": "git",
         "url": "https://github.com/m-labs/artiq.git"
       },
       "original": {
+        "ref": "release-8",
         "type": "git",
         "url": "https://github.com/m-labs/artiq.git"
       }
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 7bc0d56..c9eb581 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   description = "ARTIQ port to the Zynq-7000 platform";
 
-  inputs.artiq.url = git+https://github.com/m-labs/artiq.git;
+  inputs.artiq.url = git+https://github.com/m-labs/artiq.git?ref=release-8;
   inputs.mozilla-overlay = { url = github:mozilla/nixpkgs-mozilla; flake = false; };
   inputs.zynq-rs.url = git+https://git.m-labs.hk/m-labs/zynq-rs;
   inputs.zynq-rs.inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "artiq/nixpkgs";