diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/rabbitmq-c/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/rabbitmq-c/default.nix
index 0ab9cd1df04..13c0198ba50 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/rabbitmq-c/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/rabbitmq-c/default.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "rabbitmq-c-${version}";
-  version = "0.7.1";
+  version = "0.8.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "alanxz";
     repo = "rabbitmq-c";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "084zlir59zc505nxd4m2g9d355m9a8y94gbjaqmjz9kym8lpayd1";
+    sha256 = "0vjh1q3hyzrq1iiddy28vvwpwwn4px00mjc2hqp4zgfpis2xlqbj";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ cmake openssl popt xmlto ];