diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/mutt/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/mutt/default.nix
index 92d1a3446c0d..8eb1169b5a24 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/mutt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/mutt/default.nix
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ with stdenv.lib;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "mutt-${version}";
-  version = "1.8.0";
+  version = "1.8.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://ftp.mutt.org/pub/mutt/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1axdcylyv0p194y6lj1jx127g5yc74zqzzxdc014cjw02bd1x125";
+    sha256 = "1b8dggq5x1b77a9i9250b3jhv2iddfzhr9rix1yfzckdms65mr8b";
   };
 
   patchPhase = optionalString (openssl != null) ''