diff --git a/doc/release-notes/rl-2611.section.md b/doc/release-notes/rl-2611.section.md
index 8e6aec08b2ba..ed4f8a8240f3 100644
--- a/doc/release-notes/rl-2611.section.md
+++ b/doc/release-notes/rl-2611.section.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
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+- `hurl` has been updated to `8.x.x` which has some breaking changes. See [upstream changelog](https://github.com/Orange-OpenSource/hurl/releases/tag/8.0.0) for details.
 
 ## Other Notable Changes {#sec-nixpkgs-release-26.11-notable-changes}
 
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/hu/hurl/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/hu/hurl/package.nix
index 83b0097fd1d6..9d1b35ac427c 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/hu/hurl/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/hu/hurl/package.nix
@@ -13,16 +13,18 @@
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "hurl";
-  version = "7.1.0";
+  version = "8.0.1";
+
+  __structuredAttrs = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "Orange-OpenSource";
     repo = "hurl";
     tag = finalAttrs.version;
-    hash = "sha256-ZKTlS+J+43cqB0O5BAqvGwB9ZXfiOunOVB4hH6t2NxI=";
+    hash = "sha256-DVxY7vjZpcqptq/4CUxo5WX7+Bf9o/sxGobZ7+BMXHM=";
   };
 
-  cargoHash = "sha256-ZfkOh/sZb0OrA/f5v1mwZ23XuArTAoAcs3evmtAElf4=";
+  cargoHash = "sha256-rBn14XK1DrwRfe4Mo0aezF4lLhQf4PtsRYkuM1wcZXU=";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     pkg-config