diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/ipfs/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/ipfs/default.nix
index c54b4428819..1b648108e78 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/ipfs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/ipfs/default.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "ipfs";
-  version = "0.7.0";
+  version = "0.8.0";
   rev = "v${version}";
 
   # go-ipfs makes changes to it's source tarball that don't match the git source.
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/releases/download/${rev}/go-ipfs-source.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1fkzwm4qxxpmbjammk6s5qcyjxivfa0ydqz4mpz1w756c4jq0jf3";
+    sha256 = "sha256-uK3+Ekr5AM6mmGmjFSj1Rotm5pbH657BYUlP9B39WEw=";
   };
 
   # tarball contains multiple files/directories