diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
index 56f350e7c77..2fddf4787b2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
@@ -242,11 +242,11 @@ let
 
   composer = pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     name = "composer-${version}";
-    version = "1.7.2";
+    version = "1.8.0";
 
     src = pkgs.fetchurl {
       url = "https://getcomposer.org/download/${version}/composer.phar";
-      sha256 = "03km8qw3nshj7qzk5pidziha2ldx1l2yxhh2s7vpg25f9782hd7c";
+      sha256 = "19pg9ip2mpyf5cyq34fld7qwl77mshqw3c4nif7sxmpnar6sh089";
     };
 
     unpackPhase = ":";