diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/mdds/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/mdds/default.nix
index 9c6c8e5e3340..8ff2cac539cc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/mdds/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/mdds/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "0.7.1";
+  version = "0.8.1";
   name = "mdds-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://multidimalgorithm.googlecode.com/files/mdds_${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0zhrx7m04pknc8i2cialmbna1hmwa0fzs8qphan4rdxibf0c4yzy";
+    sha256 = "12w8rs8kb8yffndsw0g7qfjvy4gpnppkdzc7r7vvc9n800ixl1gn";
   };
 
   meta = {