diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/amazon-image.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/amazon-image.nix
index 12fe6fa44479..bd7077ff7ea1 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/amazon-image.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/amazon-image.nix
@@ -37,9 +37,6 @@ in
       { assertion = cfg.efi -> cfg.hvm;
         message = "EC2 instances using EFI must be HVM instances.";
       }
-      { assertion = versionOlder config.boot.kernelPackages.kernel.version "5.17";
-        message = "ENA driver fails to build with kernel >= 5.17";
-      }
     ];
 
     boot.growPartition = cfg.hvm;
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ena/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ena/default.nix
index b8128c83c0c6..72cd824ff989 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ena/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ena/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, kernel }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "2.7.1";
+  version = "2.8.2";
   name = "ena-${version}-${kernel.version}";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "amzn";
     repo = "amzn-drivers";
     rev = "ena_linux_${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-JkGzmmsAmLvL9e+bg58H79GNHgsqydK/79VoWEq5/Mc=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-KlRNI2lnUbNeQGY1G+Qm683yXRTNCJwWIri51+PAi9o=";
   };
 
   hardeningDisable = [ "pic" ];
@@ -42,6 +42,5 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.eelco ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
-    broken = kernel.kernelAtLeast "5.17";
   };
 }