diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libcap-ng/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libcap-ng/default.nix
index cfcaea694e51..27f4ddcce18d 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libcap-ng/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libcap-ng/default.nix
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libcap-ng";
   # When updating make sure to test that the version with
   # all of the python bindings still works
-  version = "0.7.11";
+  version = "0.8";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "${meta.homepage}/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1s8akhnnazk0b5c6z5i3x54rjb26p8pz2wdl1m21ml3231qmr0c5";
+    sha256 = "08cy59iassiwbmfxa5v0kb374r80290vv32f5q1mnip11av26kgi";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ swig ];