diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pk/pkgdiff/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pk/pkgdiff/package.nix
index 68e5143e6ecc..a867c83f5eb1 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pk/pkgdiff/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pk/pkgdiff/package.nix
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "1.7.2";
+  version = "1.8";
   pname = "pkgdiff";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "lvc";
     repo = "pkgdiff";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "1ahknyx0s54frbd3gqh070lkv3j1b344jrs6m6p1s1lgwbd70vnb";
+    sha256 = "sha256-/xhORi/ZHC4B2z6UYPOvDzfgov1DcozRjX0K1WYrqXM=";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ perl ];