diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libcacard/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libcacard/default.nix
index c484a49b1a2b..3585daefbf58 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libcacard/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libcacard/default.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,18 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libcacard";
-  version = "2.7.0";
+  version = "2.8.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://www.spice-space.org/download/libcacard/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0vyvkk4b6xjwq1ccggql13c1x7g4y90clpkqw28257azgn2a1c8n";
+    sha256 = "sha256-+79N6Mt9tb3/XstnL/Db5pOfufNEuQDVG6YpUymjMuc=";
   };
 
+  postPatch = lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
+    sed -i '/--version-script/d' Makefile.in
+    sed -i 's/^vflag = .*$/vflag = ""/' meson.build
+  '';
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
   buildInputs = [ glib nss ];