diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/vdr/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/vdr/default.nix
index 38077d1449fb..3a667a385606 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/vdr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/vdr/default.nix
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   pname = "vdr";
-  version = "2.6.9";
+  version = "2.8.1";
 
   src = fetchgit {
     url = "git://git.tvdr.de/vdr.git";
     rev = version;
-    hash = "sha256-0Metur3+fQhomf+ClY9zXijNsr5wWkaqnzjUNXjsjss=";
+    hash = "sha256-jQR+d0BEmKwPRlf4ZTtdDvq/MiIFrsmEqJYoSmk2d84=";
   };
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;