diff --git a/pkgs/games/freeorion/default.nix b/pkgs/games/freeorion/default.nix
index dfad954f0f0c..527e41680831 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/freeorion/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/freeorion/default.nix
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "0.4.8";
+  version = "0.4.9";
   pname = "freeorion";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner  = "freeorion";
     repo   = "freeorion";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "1lj1q2ljjgbbiqxb53wdrrcz0zxxr3vv9jqrhbzvfsss7q808jfw";
+    sha256 = "18xigx4qla225ybf7mc1w8zfm81nhcm1i5181n5l2fbndvslb1wf";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [