diff --git a/pkgs/servers/sql/pgbouncer/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/sql/pgbouncer/default.nix
index 0f7f91b008d2..7906546ec1ca 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/sql/pgbouncer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/sql/pgbouncer/default.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "pgbouncer-${version}";
-  version = "1.7.2";
+  version = "1.8.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://pgbouncer.github.io/downloads/files/${version}/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "de36b318fe4a2f20a5f60d1c5ea62c1ca331f6813d2c484866ecb59265a160ba";
+    sha256 = "1j4d7rkivg3vg27pvirigq9cy4v7pi48x7w57baq131c5lmdx2zs";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ libevent openssl ];