diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/abiword/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/abiword/default.nix
index 264bf657cd6..e3feb6d34a0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/abiword/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/abiword/default.nix
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ enchant, wv, librsvg, bzip2
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "abiword-2.8.4";
+  name = "abiword-2.8.5";
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://www.abisource.org/downloads/abiword/2.8.4/source/abiword-2.8.4.tar.gz;
-    sha256 = "1v2f83cc8j6chsyzgjh903s6c8fkr7dy5s10bqigzfrqi9iv990l";
+    url = http://www.abisource.org/downloads/abiword/2.8.5/source/abiword-2.8.5.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "0k82y1wd2lx4ifk8rbifbr301zqnrbx61b7x78b14n4k8x13srxa";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [pkgconfig gtk libglade librsvg bzip2