diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/abcde/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/abcde/default.nix
index 6cb1ae6de719..a23af5b5caf8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/abcde/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/abcde/default.nix
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 , perl, DigestSHA, MusicBrainz, MusicBrainzDiscID
 , makeWrapper }:
 
-let version = "2.7.2";
+let version = "2.8.1";
 in
   stdenv.mkDerivation {
     name = "abcde-${version}";
     src = fetchurl {
       url = "http://abcde.einval.com/download/abcde-${version}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1pakpi41k8yd780mfp0snhia6mmwjwxk9lcrq6gynimch8b8hfda";
+      sha256 = "0f9bjs0phk23vry7gvh0cll9vl6kmc1y4fwwh762scfdvpbp3774";
     };
 
     # FIXME: This package does not support `distmp3', `eject', etc.