diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/discount/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/discount/default.nix
index ff846ac0933..adab8c9a10d 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/discount/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/discount/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl}:
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "2.1.6";
+  version = "2.2.0";
   name = "discount-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://www.pell.portland.or.us/~orc/Code/discount/discount-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "15h726m5yalq15hkxxfw4bxwd6wkwkan5q7s80pgi1z32ygb4avh";
+    sha256 = "1wxrv86xr8cacwhzkyzmfxg58svfnn3swbpbk5hq621ckk19alxj";
   };
   patches = ./fix-configure-path.patch;
   configureScript = "./configure.sh";