diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/qt5ct/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/qt5ct/default.nix
index dfb0c711f7a6..d031168a6935 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/qt5ct/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/qt5ct/default.nix
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ let inherit (lib) getDev; in
 
 mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "qt5ct";
-  version = "1.7";
+  version = "1.8";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/${pname}/${pname}-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "sha256-7VhUam5MUN/tG5/2oUjUpGj+m017WycnuWUB3ilVuNc=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-I7dAVEFepBJDKHcu+ab5UIOpuGVp4SgDSj/3XfrYCOk=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ qmake qttools ];