diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/fuse-overlayfs/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/fuse-overlayfs/default.nix
index 3fc319d5b748..28109560ac29 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/fuse-overlayfs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/fuse-overlayfs/default.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "fuse-overlayfs";
-  version = "1.7.1";
+  version = "1.8";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "containers";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-wSJjA9eZCb3DJed07xuCS0M7ey3DnyuIlp9kvFvDDC8=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-VqtBJ8HRyhjwKVoRu6+EArZMVbzXkaK89yV56MzRUJo=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkg-config ];