diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/link-grammar/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/link-grammar/default.nix
index d3ecc519a5f..e243206a114 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/link-grammar/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/link-grammar/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchurl, pkg-config, python3, sqlite, libedit, zlib }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "5.8.0";
+  version = "5.8.1";
   pname = "link-grammar";
 
   outputs = [ "bin" "out" "dev" "man" ];
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://www.abisource.com/downloads/${pname}/${version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1v8ngx77nachxln68xpvyw2lh7z59pzsi99h8j0mnrm0gjsacrdd";
+    sha256 = "sha256-EcT/VR+lFpJX2sxXUIDGOwdceQ7awpmEqUZBoJk7UFs=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config python3 ];