diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/nano/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/nano/default.nix
index f3a5a27bd366..645880a13e05 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/nano/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/nano/default.nix
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ let
 
 in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "nano-${version}";
-  version = "2.8.0";
+  version = "2.8.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnu/nano/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1hjxr0kgq3q1fcns9y4lj0dbhjf33j3pa2wayrb3p3c8v3sbrh8m";
+    sha256 = "02vdnv30ms2s53ch5j4ldch5sxwjsg3098zkvwrwhi9k6yxshdg9";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ texinfo ] ++ optional enableNls gettext;