diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/wayland/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/wayland/default.nix
index 11cf77668d74..9736d6514047 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/wayland/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/wayland/default.nix
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ assert expat != null;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "wayland-${version}";
-  version = "1.7.0";
+  version = "1.8.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://wayland.freedesktop.org/releases/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "173w0pqzk2m7hjlg15bymrx7ynxgq1ciadg03hzybxwnvfi4gsmx";
+    sha256 = "1j3gfzn8i0xhk3j34mwb2srrscjxfyi279jhyq80mz943j6r6z7i";
   };
 
   configureFlags = "--with-scanner --disable-documentation";