diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/snd/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/snd/default.nix
index da76d7f16db1..1932ec3d93bc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/snd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/snd/default.nix
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "snd-16.9";
+  name = "snd-17.8";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/snd/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1rw9wrj1f0g413ya32s9mwhvv3c6iasjza22irzf6xlv49b9s5dp";
+    sha256 = "161bx2xgz692iqmsmhv9yi8rvd7y31si4rniizwirwz7q4y4vwvf";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];