diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/dd_rescue/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/dd_rescue/default.nix
index ee82af1a470..1ea574dbe8e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/dd_rescue/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/dd_rescue/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, autoconf }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "1.99.7";
+  version = "1.99.8";
   name = "dd_rescue-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    sha256 = "0d318i1i5d7hbj06wmb3xag14x542cv7fpkh5zjf5ccm64nyzir4";
+    sha256 = "1gbxm8gr9sx5g1q9dycs21hkxikcy97q09lp1lvs59pnd9qpdnwh";
     url="http://www.garloff.de/kurt/linux/ddrescue/${name}.tar.bz2";
   };