diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/help2man/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/help2man/default.nix
index 36a674d0880..edbc37e76a6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/help2man/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/help2man/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, perl, gettext, LocaleGettext, makeWrapper }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "help2man-1.40.5";
+  name = "help2man-1.40.8";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnu/help2man/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1d1wn9krvf9mp97c224710n1pcfh73p7w7na65zn2a06124rln8k";
+    sha256 = "0s6phazn8jgvpbsby8kj2m58rj1zjghi1aipvamh8af226ssqfzj";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ makeWrapper perl gettext LocaleGettext ];