diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/ttfautohint/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/ttfautohint/default.nix
index 4cbb2943d3cf..eed527da4168 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/ttfautohint/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/ttfautohint/default.nix
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "1.8.2";
+  version = "1.8.3";
   name = "ttfautohint-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://savannah/freetype/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "19w9g1ksr0vyblgcirppj0279gfj5s902jblzgav5a4n2mq42rrq";
+    sha256 = "0zpqgihn3yh3v51ynxwr8asqrijvs4gv686clwv7bm8sawr4kfw7";
   };
 
   postAutoreconf = ''