diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/diffoscope/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/diffoscope/default.nix
index 2307dddf6cac..de8fdfdea55b 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/diffoscope/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/diffoscope/default.nix
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@
 # Note: when upgrading this package, please run the list-missing-tools.sh script as described below!
 python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "diffoscope";
-  version = "217";
+  version = "218";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://diffoscope.org/archive/diffoscope-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "sha256-JS6lzxOsE3K4gH3VHsRY5Iucq5PBH3jFD5lSmNZWEG4=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-W4adsal6l1TdlUhITNGnNUmYUIpEsOZRro2/SEdzV2Y=";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" "man" ];