diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/audio/lv2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/audio/lv2/default.nix
index bd6c64a9ee20..f5d48df03f84 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/audio/lv2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/audio/lv2/default.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "lv2-${version}";
-  version = "1.6.0";
+  version = "1.8.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://lv2plug.in/spec/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0nxrkmcpsm4v25wp2l7lcw4n0823kbplilpv51fszf710qsn7k9v";
+    sha256 = "1mxkp7gajh1alw6s358cqwf3qkpr1ld9wfxwswnqrxcd9a7hxjd4";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ gtk libsndfile pkgconfig python ];