diff --git a/pkgs/development/embedded/fpga/apio/default.nix b/pkgs/development/embedded/fpga/apio/default.nix
index 1bb5f336f1e..3b5ad601236 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/embedded/fpga/apio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/embedded/fpga/apio/default.nix
@@ -15,19 +15,20 @@
 
 buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "apio";
-  version = "0.8.0";
+  version = "0.8.1";
   format = "flit";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "FPGAwars";
     repo = "apio";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-nOZI+FHdZRnkJF/No8z0mZ4Q5aHFnF7c20ajTPI00N4=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-04qAGTzusMT3GsaRxDoXNJK1Mslzxu+ugQclBJx8xzE=";
   };
 
   postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml --replace \
-      'scons==4.2.0' 'scons'
+    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
+      --replace 'scons==4.2.0' 'scons' \
+      --replace '==' '>='
 
     substituteInPlace apio/managers/scons.py --replace \
       'return "tinyprog --libusb --program"' \