diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pelican/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pelican/default.nix
index 9f11251ea8a8..d197e03617d1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pelican/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pelican/default.nix
@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pelican";
-  version = "4.7.2";
+  version = "4.8.0";
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "getpelican";
     repo = pname;
-    rev = version;
-    hash = "sha256-ZBGzsyCtFt5uj9mpOpGdTzGJET0iwOAgDTy80P6anRU=";
+    rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-N8/gxBrRdYPoP8B8nQp/3ma170yhz/KxQaaEhlypGys=";
     # Remove unicode file names which leads to different checksums on HFS+
     # vs. other filesystems because of unicode normalisation.
     postFetch = ''