diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/ghostwriter/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/ghostwriter/default.nix
index 1e07902365d2..8c1b95a1d26e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/ghostwriter/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/ghostwriter/default.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "ghostwriter";
-  version = "1.8.0";
+  version = "1.8.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "wereturtle";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "13yn82m1l2pq93wbl569a2lzpc3sn8a8g30hsgdch1l9xlmhwran";
+    sha256 = "0jc6szfh5sdnafhwsr1xv7cn1fznniq58bix41hb9wlbkvq7wzi6";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ qmake pkgconfig qttools ];