diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qpdf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qpdf/default.nix
index 42c4b028aa83..7f6c47a9a7fc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qpdf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qpdf/default.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, libjpeg, zlib, perl }:
 
-let version = "7.1.1";
+let version = "8.0.0";
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "qpdf-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/qpdf/qpdf/${version}/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1ypjxm74dhn9c4mj027zzkh0z4kpw9xiqwh3pjmmghm502hby3ca";
+    sha256 = "01a1d5wyrj1m35d68yj0cyqfjyrwhxq2yqwaw5an1d1p4aaid8gz";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ perl ];