diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/tree/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/tree/default.nix
index e34bd5f8e13..d798c98679c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/tree/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/tree/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl }:
 
 let
-  version = "1.7.0";
+  version = "1.8.0";
 
   # These settings are found in the Makefile, but there seems to be no
   # way to select one ore the other setting other than editing the file
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://mama.indstate.edu/users/ice/tree/src/tree-${version}.tgz";
-    sha256 = "04kviw799qxly08zb8n5mgxfd96gyis6x69q2qiw86jnh87c4mv9";
+    sha256 = "1hmpz6k0mr6salv0nprvm1g0rdjva1kx03bdf1scw8a38d5mspbi";
   };
 
   configurePhase = ''