diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/wob/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/wob/default.nix
index e2c5bd744e53..d9ea0648ebe4 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/wob/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/wob/default.nix
@@ -5,20 +5,15 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "wob";
-  version = "0.7";
+  version = "0.8";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "francma";
     repo = pname;
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "1j3l4v9iqhidn1b6vx86px9hz5wbsbgj3zy2jzwf9204k5sfv715";
+    sha256 = "0gzqc75wjm3yj81rm03zkp5lvsmlhhp79qlz85yyan1gcz5spdb6";
   };
 
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace meson.build \
-      --replace "version: '0.6'" "version: '${version}'"
-  '';
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja pkg-config scdoc wayland ];
   buildInputs = [ wayland-protocols ]
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isLinux libseccomp;