diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/augeas/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/augeas/default.nix
index 63bb8c1f9851..e3f743766140 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/augeas/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/augeas/default.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "augeas-${version}";
-  version = "1.7.0";
+  version = "1.8.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://download.augeas.net/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0qwpjz23z1x7dkf5k2y9f1cppryzhx4hpxprla6a4yvzs1smacdr";
+    sha256 = "1iac5lwi1q10r343ii9v5p2fdplvh06yv9svsi8zz6cd2c2fjp2i";
   };
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [ readline libxml2 ];