diff --git a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/lowdown/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/lowdown/default.nix
index 40606199b83..4da6bf77451 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/lowdown/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/lowdown/default.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "lowdown";
-  version = "0.7.9";
+  version = "0.8.0";
 
   outputs = [ "out" "lib" "dev" "man" ];
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://kristaps.bsd.lv/lowdown/snapshots/lowdown-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha512 = "18q8i8lh8w127vzw697n0bzv4mchhna1p4s672hjvy39l3ls8rlj5nwq5npr5fry06yil62sjmq4652vw29r8l49wwk5j82a8l2nr7c";
+    sha512 = "17w0hldlg7x0f4946bz1pmgkpp08dha3myz8pk0rx8n2lqlw76f3n9giq69kw82sgzg7qqy31sl9mxvgaxyf6hcdgmxnkr7h8d9xmak";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ which ]