diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygit2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygit2/default.nix
index 4f3a9de3a36f..6f8a9fa69687 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygit2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygit2/default.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pygit2";
-  version = "1.7.2";
+  version = "1.8.0";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "70a4536a35452c31f823b59b6fdb665aa3778a43b73ccda3a4f79fa9962ad2bb";
+    sha256 = "sha256-bixc/1qh5D9DEDSAdhFS9cXWvvQPXB9QyHWKbonmbLY=";
   };
 
   preConfigure = lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''