diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libbson/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libbson/default.nix
index 31a1b8b4bf5..28a6aee67c1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libbson/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libbson/default.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "libbson-${version}";
-  version = "1.6.1";
+  version = "1.8.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "mongodb";
     repo = "libbson";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "1ilxbv4yjgf0vfzaa8lzn40hv5x1737ny2g2q1wmm8bl39m0viiw";
+    sha256 = "1bd9z07q3faq5k4521d9inv0j836w6hrsd0vj2sapjlq8jmqgslg";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];