diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/abiword/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/abiword/default.nix
index 7f22187793e0..a7d53896301b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/abiword/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/abiword/default.nix
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ enchant, wv
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "abiword-2.6.6";
+  name = "abiword-2.6.8";
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://www.abisource.org/downloads/abiword/2.6.6/source/abiword-2.6.6.tar.gz;
-    sha256 = "1cgi6l3wd82vgni4wcqasyl2rvxwffliyqgbwvzv0nn99wasg5gx";
+    url = http://www.abisource.org/downloads/abiword/2.6.8/source/abiword-2.6.8.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "14vfp668srjgy6wd22h4a93safp1iyfwhdr6y0sb751xl46nlrdn";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [pkgconfig gtk libglade libgnomeprint libgnomeprintui