diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sy/syslogng/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sy/syslogng/package.nix
index c8f45f834a67..87e556dbabaa 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sy/syslogng/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sy/syslogng/package.nix
@@ -61,13 +61,13 @@ let
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "syslog-ng";
-  version = "4.7.1";
+  version = "4.8.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "syslog-ng";
     repo = "syslog-ng";
     rev = "syslog-ng-${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-runFMUxQv7B023I38QfGqn89ZbzA5vMXHOOkYwMxArI=";
+    hash = "sha256-sfCElufK80BU8I6pbdCJ+IlAPhSOt9MOYDy3E2hg5/A=";
     fetchSubmodules = true;
   };
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook autoconf-archive pkg-config which bison flex libxslt perl gperf python3Packages.setuptools ];