diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index 54a97f2b7a3a..e56e50deb95f 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -652,6 +652,12 @@
     githubId = 56009;
     name = "Arcadio Rubio García";
   };
+  archseer = {
+    email = "blaz@mxxn.io";
+    github = "archseer";
+    githubId = 1372918;
+    name = "Blaž Hrastnik";
+  };
   arcnmx = {
     email = "arcnmx@users.noreply.github.com";
     github = "arcnmx";
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/hardware/thermald.nix b/nixos/modules/services/hardware/thermald.nix
index b7be0e89d0c6..241490c5aae7 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/hardware/thermald.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/hardware/thermald.nix
@@ -23,15 +23,6 @@ in {
         default = null;
         description = "the thermald manual configuration file.";
       };
-
-      adaptive = mkOption {
-        type = types.bool;
-        default = false;
-        description = ''
-          Whether to enable adaptive mode, only working on kernel versions greater than 5.8.
-          Thermald will detect this itself, safe to enable on kernel versions below 5.8.
-        '';
-      };
     };
   };
 
@@ -48,8 +39,8 @@ in {
             --no-daemon \
             ${optionalString cfg.debug "--loglevel=debug"} \
             ${optionalString (cfg.configFile != null) "--config-file ${cfg.configFile}"} \
-            ${optionalString cfg.adaptive "--adaptive"} \
             --dbus-enable
+            --adaptive
         '';
       };
     };
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/thermald/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/thermald/default.nix
index ae9e29b6f1dc..4c076db7b8c0 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/thermald/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/thermald/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "thermald";
-  version = "2.3";
+  version = "2.4.1";
 
   outputs = [ "out" "devdoc" ];
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     owner = "intel";
     repo = "thermal_daemon";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0cisaca2c2z1x9xvxc4lr6nl6yqx5bww6brh73m0p1n643jgq1dl";
+    sha256 = "0rlac7v1b59m7gh767hkd8a0r4p001nd24786fnmryygbxynd2s6";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [