diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/nginx/unstable.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/nginx/unstable.nix
index a946672f9a7e..009b091d15f1 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/nginx/unstable.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/nginx/unstable.nix
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@
 with stdenv.lib;
 
 let
-  version = "1.7.7";
+  version = "1.7.8";
   mainSrc = fetchurl {
     url = "http://nginx.org/download/nginx-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1lmzq36ysi0hwvqpiaz0dpmwvdwbrn9aw1rm1xcabkl2g855l0by";
+    sha256 = "1rg8c2z6df6flz5vz6k7iixm4f3d27svnncf810vilyk0b1mxxqj";
   };
 
   rtmp-ext = fetchFromGitHub {