diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/datamash/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/datamash/default.nix
index 25f814e5f3c8..15cd8234a573 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/datamash/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/datamash/default.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "datamash";
-  version = "1.7";
+  version = "1.8";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnu/${pname}/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1cxdlhgz3wzjqlq8bgwad93fgqymk2abbldfzw1ffnhcp4mmjjjp";
+    sha256 = "sha256-etl+jH72Ft0DqlvWeuJMSIJy2z59H1d0FhwYt18p9v0=";
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {