diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/cscope/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/cscope/default.nix
index b8b907fd1f74..2dff98a212d6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/cscope/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/cscope/default.nix
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "cscope-15.8a";
+  name = "cscope-15.8b";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/cscope/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "07jdhxvp3dv7acvp0pwsdab1g2ncxjlcf838lj7vxgjs1p26lwzb";
+    sha256 = "1byk29rcpyygrnr03h5j3y8j0aqxldd9dr5ihi9q982sy28x12a8";
   };
 
   configureFlags = "--with-ncurses=${ncurses.dev}";