diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/help2man/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/help2man/default.nix
index 311b206fa910..b473aec859eb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/help2man/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/help2man/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, perl, gettext, LocaleGettext }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "help2man-1.47.7";
+  name = "help2man-1.47.8";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnu/help2man/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "03gckfr2980qn319c02vflq7d75vq2qdkxrw80kb9g84xn48wnsq";
+    sha256 = "1p5830h88cx0zn0snwaj0vpph81xicpsirfwlxmcgjrlmn0nm3sj";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ gettext LocaleGettext ];