diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/default.nix
index e5f1d658b5d7..0a3b5ca421d3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/default.nix
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ let
 in
   stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     pname = "neovim-unwrapped";
-    version = "0.8.0";
+    version = "0.8.1";
 
     src = fetchFromGitHub {
       owner = "neovim";
       repo = "neovim";
       rev = "v${version}";
-      sha256 = "sha256-mVeVjkP8JpTi2aW59ZuzQPi5YvEySVAtxko7xxAx/es=";
+      sha256 = "sha256-B2ZpwhdmdvPOnxVyJDfNzUT5rTVuBhJXyMwwzCl9Fac=";
     };
 
     patches = [