diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/cmus/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/cmus/default.nix
index 4aba1a53075..826ba186cef 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/cmus/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/cmus/default.nix
@@ -93,13 +93,13 @@ in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "cmus-${version}";
-  version = "2.7.0";
+  version = "2.7.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner  = "cmus";
     repo   = "cmus";
-    rev    = "0306cc74c5073a85cf8619c61da5b94a3f863eaa";
-    sha256 = "18w9mznb843nzkrcqvshfha51mlpdl92zlvb5wfc5dpgrbf37728";
+    rev    = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0xd96py21bl869qlv1353zw7xsgq6v5s8szr0ldr63zj5fgc2ps5";
   };
 
   patches = [ ./option-debugging.patch ];