diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/diffoscope/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/diffoscope/default.nix
index 011c5432089d..76c868f9b583 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/diffoscope/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/diffoscope/default.nix
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ let
 in
 python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "diffoscope";
-  version = "160";
+  version = "161";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url    = "https://diffoscope.org/archive/diffoscope-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1nshcgq31nrbh4r70i5azs7s0wfc4llb60ka1w8rncy22rg8rabc";
+    sha256 = "sha256-Frk+aVUQhWn/TvlG4zy5+R2z92rFIwO4NPRXYkS0rN4=";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" "man" ];