diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gbenchmark/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gbenchmark/default.nix
index 4622c6bf602..f53868a0926 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gbenchmark/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gbenchmark/default.nix
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "gbenchmark";
-  version = "1.7.1";
+  version = "1.8.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "google";
     repo = "benchmark";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-gg3g/0Ki29FnGqKv9lDTs5oA9NjH23qQ+hTdVtSU+zo=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-pUW9YVaujs/y00/SiPqDgK4wvVsaM7QUp/65k0t7Yr0=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];