diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pax-utils/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pax-utils/default.nix
index 8d58873d5c12..83f0dc1e82d2 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pax-utils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pax-utils/default.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "pax-utils-${version}";
-  version = "0.7";
+  version = "0.8.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://dev.gentoo.org/~vapier/dist/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "111vmwn0ikrmy3s0w3rzpbzwrphawljrmcjya0isg5yam7lwxi0s";
+    sha256 = "1fgm70s52x48dxjihs0rcwmpfsi2dxbjzcilxy9fzg0i39dz4kw4";
   };
 
   makeFlags = [