diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/taglib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/taglib/default.nix
index 0842836ccec..cd083f0d80a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/taglib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/taglib/default.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl, zlib, cmake}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "taglib-1.7.1";
-  
+  name = "taglib-1.8";
+
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://github.com/downloads/taglib/taglib/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1nc7zd9jxx5gw4n6zqgvjh0wxlm89ihcyyrzk2rbf15njw4lgpjj";
+    sha256 = "16i0zjpxqqslbwi4kl6y15qwm15mh7ykh74x19m2741wf20k9lv6";
   };
-  
+
   cmakeFlags = "-DWITH_ASF=ON -DWITH_MP4=ON";
 
   buildInputs = [zlib];