diff --git a/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/alacritty/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/alacritty/default.nix
index 20d24a904e7b..62a338909f2c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/alacritty/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/alacritty/default.nix
@@ -52,16 +52,16 @@ let
 in
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "alacritty";
-  version = "0.7.2";
+  version = "0.8.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "alacritty";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-VXV6w4OnhJBmvMKl7CynbhI9LclTKaSr+5DhHXMwSsc=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-9pQqnsLMkzhKTs7WGhf6lac/LGot6EmJQxgFBTrHA4E=";
   };
 
-  cargoSha256 = "sha256-PWnNTMNZKxsfS1OAXe4G3zjfg5gK1SMTc0JJrW90iSM=";
+  cargoSha256 = "sha256-NtDeXS2g+5RzKHJdDrbzL5oReS42SzuEubkfZ4gbkFc=";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   outputs = [ "out" "terminfo" ];
 
   postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace alacritty/src/config/mouse.rs \
+    substituteInPlace alacritty/src/config/ui_config.rs \
       --replace xdg-open ${xdg-utils}/bin/xdg-open
   '';