diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/spleen/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/spleen/default.nix
index ace317bf35c5..bfc47b700756 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/spleen/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/spleen/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 let
   pname = "spleen";
-  version = "1.8.0";
+  version = "1.8.1";
 in fetchurl {
   name = "${pname}-${version}";
   url = "https://github.com/fcambus/spleen/releases/download/${version}/spleen-${version}.tar.gz";
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ in fetchurl {
     # create fonts.dir so NixOS xorg module adds to fp
     ${mkfontscale}/bin/mkfontdir "$d"
   '';
-  sha256 = "0vaawnav4k2gpwsgxn5rmkd8wyxnwsrbd0ksp749sb7rwfd3nphc";
+  sha256 = "0m70gz1ywrhw8xfff9bgx1wv52z9fibdsmjcwhjhpd826zbz05w8";
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Monospaced bitmap fonts";