diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/st/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/st/default.nix
index 4b6873ea33f..825a37faf1e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/st/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/st/default.nix
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ with stdenv.lib;
 
 let patches' = if patches == null then [] else patches;
 in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "st-0.8";
+  name = "st-0.8.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://dl.suckless.org/st/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0xkmb7f1qq01ny1667c7bkf2zi3h4ryc6zpml22ccrkxs0h3jdbp";
+    sha256 = "09k94v3n20gg32xy7y68p96x9dq5msl80gknf9gbvlyjp3i0zyy4";
   };
 
   patches = patches';