diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/riot/riot-desktop-package.json b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/riot/riot-desktop-package.json
index ee6a40e5860..f195a0cb955 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/riot/riot-desktop-package.json
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/riot/riot-desktop-package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "riot-web",
   "productName": "Riot",
   "main": "src/electron-main.js",
-  "version": "1.0.7",
+  "version": "1.0.8",
   "description": "A feature-rich client for Matrix.org",
   "author": "New Vector Ltd.",
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/riot/riot-desktop.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/riot/riot-desktop.nix
index 3db537938da..35ee3252c27 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/riot/riot-desktop.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/riot/riot-desktop.nix
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ with (import ./yarn2nix.nix { inherit pkgs; });
 
 let
   executableName = "riot-desktop";
-  version = "1.0.7";
+  version = "1.0.8";
   riot-web-src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "vector-im";
     repo = "riot-web";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "1sq6vnyas2ab3phaiyby4fkpp0nwvl67xwxnr2pzfm0dkjxl9r58";
+    sha256 = "1krp608wxff1siih8zknc425n0qb6qjzf854fnp7qyjp1cnfc9sb";
   };
 
 in mkYarnPackage rec {