diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/font-awesome-5/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/font-awesome-5/default.nix
index 595a1c0d37f5..51f1d668cd24 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/font-awesome-5/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/font-awesome-5/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, fetchzip }:
 
 let
-  version = "5.7.2";
+  version = "5.8.1";
 in fetchzip rec {
   name = "font-awesome-${version}";
 
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ in fetchzip rec {
     unzip -j $downloadedFile "Font-Awesome-${version}/otfs/*.otf" -d $out/share/fonts/opentype
   '';
 
-  sha256 = "0b3syzz8baxmwzjgz09dnamm4nzmyvb2yddlrm94ww5j9bjk25al";
+  sha256 = "1fc177sgf4qd231dmpr7cwr1j03wzb927ylpng2gn94iksln924d";
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Font Awesome - OTF font";