diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/zeromq-haskell/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/zeromq-haskell/default.nix
index b456c1d81a0..f7c6a81d188 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/zeromq-haskell/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/zeromq-haskell/default.nix
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 
 cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   pname = "zeromq-haskell";
-  version = "0.8.1";
-  sha256 = "19fl3nd548yj6d6c3jqr6lxk6y033qa68jgnc5aq5w8kmlpn70mc";
+  version = "0.8.2";
+  sha256 = "0wi3s3ygxd15jbj5bpq6xvrsjsm94hhj6na8r45j241j0cgr322x";
   extraLibraries = [ zeromq ];
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://github.com/twittner/zeromq-haskell/";
-    description = "bindings to zeromq";
+    description = "Bindings to ZeroMQ 2.1.x";
     license = self.stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
     platforms = self.ghc.meta.platforms;
     maintainers = [