diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/cmus/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/cmus/default.nix
index f8c5a4e5acf..e36d01b8d2e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/cmus/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/cmus/default.nix
@@ -100,13 +100,13 @@ in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "cmus-${version}";
-  version = "2.7.1";
+  version = "2.8.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner  = "cmus";
     repo   = "cmus";
     rev    = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0xd96py21bl869qlv1353zw7xsgq6v5s8szr0ldr63zj5fgc2ps5";
+    sha256 = "1ydnvq13ay8b8mfmmgwi5qsgyf220yi1d01acbnxqn775dghmwar";
   };
 
   patches = [ ./option-debugging.patch ];