diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/cmus/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/cmus/default.nix
index 5da6c63a81e5..e573c7c14b19 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/cmus/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/cmus/default.nix
@@ -102,13 +102,13 @@ in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "cmus";
-  version = "2.8.0";
+  version = "2.9.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner  = "cmus";
     repo   = "cmus";
     rev    = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "1ydnvq13ay8b8mfmmgwi5qsgyf220yi1d01acbnxqn775dghmwar";
+    sha256 = "sha256-eSKF3xacJptAYdm0Qf1AEWLa+lKUWz6C8nKyTHAl5QI=";
   };
 
   patches = [ ./option-debugging.patch ];