diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libatomic_ops/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libatomic_ops/default.nix
index 88d4464c4a0..ae15c6236aa 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libatomic_ops/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libatomic_ops/default.nix
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libatomic_ops";
-  version = "7.6.14";
+  version = "7.8.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     urls = [
       "http://www.ivmaisoft.com/_bin/atomic_ops/libatomic_ops-${version}.tar.gz"
       "https://github.com/ivmai/libatomic_ops/releases/download/v${version}/libatomic_ops-${version}.tar.gz"
     ];
-    sha256 = "sha256-OQ8kTUJHFHNbcFDQVlZ2FbO48pAIpmPCYvtUjxgC0pI=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-FWdudnThG9paflCnP02efWBFInG4rPb9Oacf79+J+jE=";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" "doc" ];