diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/ghostwriter/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/ghostwriter/default.nix
index 65645dcc9693..a65954d7d2ae 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/ghostwriter/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/ghostwriter/default.nix
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, qmake, pkgconfig, qttools, qtwebkit, hunspell }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, qmake, pkgconfig, qttools, qtwebengine, hunspell }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "ghostwriter";
-  version = "1.7.4";
+  version = "1.8.0";
   name = "${pname}-${version}";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "wereturtle";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "1pqlr08z5syqcq5p282asxwzrrm7c1w94baxyb467swh8yp3fj5m";
+    sha256 = "13yn82m1l2pq93wbl569a2lzpc3sn8a8g30hsgdch1l9xlmhwran";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ qmake pkgconfig qttools ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ qtwebkit hunspell ];
+  buildInputs = [ qtwebengine hunspell ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "A cross-platform, aesthetic, distraction-free Markdown editor";