diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/java/commons/io/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/java/commons/io/default.nix
index c545ad68e72..10587a72ecd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/java/commons/io/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/java/commons/io/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "2.6";
+  version = "2.8.0";
   pname = "commons-io";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url    = "mirror://apache/commons/io/binaries/${pname}-${version}-bin.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1nzkv8gi56l1m4h7s8bcvqm0naq3bhh7fazcmgdhcr2zkjs5zfmn";
+    sha256 = "02c54cjf3sdwbc9rcgg3xkx1f3yk8p5iv3iwvq78f5vfxsj53lkk";
   };
 
   installPhase = ''