diff --git a/gnu/packages/crates-vcs.scm b/gnu/packages/crates-vcs.scm
index cf79003e1b..57b3ebf667 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/crates-vcs.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/crates-vcs.scm
@@ -883,8 +883,39 @@ package provides a way to identify Git actors.")
        #:cargo-development-inputs
        (("rust-pretty-assertions" ,rust-pretty-assertions-1))))))
 
+(define-public rust-gix-archive-0.8
+  (package
+    (name "rust-gix-archive")
+    (version "0.8.1")
+    (source
+     (origin
+       (method url-fetch)
+       (uri (crate-uri "gix-archive" version))
+       (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
+       (sha256
+        (base32 "04yz6382qx6r6g1x2czvpz80ympa33mg3ihkmdf2mcahmgc1mz8w"))))
+    (build-system cargo-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     `(#:cargo-inputs (("rust-bstr" ,rust-bstr-1)
+                       ("rust-document-features" ,rust-document-features-0.2)
+                       ("rust-flate2" ,rust-flate2-1)
+                       ("rust-gix-date" ,rust-gix-date-0.8)
+                       ("rust-gix-object" ,rust-gix-object-0.40)
+                       ("rust-gix-path" ,rust-gix-path-0.10)
+                       ("rust-gix-worktree-stream" ,rust-gix-worktree-stream-0.8)
+                       ("rust-tar" ,rust-tar-0.4)
+                       ("rust-thiserror" ,rust-thiserror-1)
+                       ("rust-time" ,rust-time-0.3)
+                       ("rust-zip" ,rust-zip-0.6))))
+    (home-page "https://github.com/Byron/gitoxide")
+    (synopsis "Archive generation of a Git worktree")
+    (description "Archive generation of a worktree.  Part of Gitoxide a pure
+Rust implementation of Git.")
+    (license (list license:expat license:asl2.0))))
+
 (define-public rust-gix-archive-0.7
   (package
+    (inherit rust-gix-archive-0.8)
     (name "rust-gix-archive")
     (version "0.7.0")
     (source
@@ -894,7 +925,6 @@ package provides a way to identify Git actors.")
        (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
        (sha256
         (base32 "0f6c5qmf905wm1fp0ra255925avzwgvp7p2rrpqnk4xwiidhklf9"))))
-    (build-system cargo-build-system)
     (arguments
      `(#:cargo-inputs (("rust-bstr" ,rust-bstr-1)
                        ("rust-document-features" ,rust-document-features-0.2)
@@ -906,12 +936,7 @@ package provides a way to identify Git actors.")
                        ("rust-tar" ,rust-tar-0.4)
                        ("rust-thiserror" ,rust-thiserror-1)
                        ("rust-time" ,rust-time-0.3)
-                       ("rust-zip" ,rust-zip-0.6))))
-    (home-page "https://github.com/Byron/gitoxide")
-    (synopsis "Archive generation of a Git worktree")
-    (description "Archive generation of a worktree.  Part of Gitoxide a pure
-Rust implementation of Git.")
-    (license (list license:expat license:asl2.0))))
+                       ("rust-zip" ,rust-zip-0.6))))))
 
 (define-public rust-gix-archive-0.6
   (package