diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/mg/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/mg/default.nix
index ef6943001b9c..6ba315e541bb 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/mg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/mg/default.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "mg";
-  version = "6.7";
+  version = "6.8.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "ibara";
     repo = "mg";
-    rev = "mg-6.7";
-    sha256 = "15adwibq6xrfxbrxzk765g9250iyfn4wbcxd7kcsabiwn6apm0ai";
+    rev = "mg-6.8.1";
+    sha256 = "0fyqyi5sag13jx8bc22bvkgybddvsr0wdili9ikxnpnqg2w84fx7";
   };
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;