diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/clojure/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/clojure/default.nix
index 27870e753a69..05d896db3831 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/clojure/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/clojure/default.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, unzip, ant, jdk, makeWrapper }:
 
-let version = "1.7.0"; in
+let version = "1.8.0"; in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "clojure-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/clojure/clojure/${version}/clojure-${version}.zip";
-    sha256 = "14yg0g6vpzxjwlvs5anq9jfz9zdbd3rsl6qsgxa6qxm19mwh7qsd";
+    sha256 = "1nip095fz5c492sw15skril60i1vd21ibg6szin4jcvyy3xr6cym";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ unzip ant jdk makeWrapper ];