diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libpcap/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libpcap/default.nix
index 25d1105eac63..95fbbbbfbab4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libpcap/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libpcap/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl, flex, bison}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "libpcap-0.9.5";
+  name = "libpcap-0.9.8";
   src = fetchurl {
-      url = http://www.tcpdump.org/release/libpcap-0.9.5.tar.gz;
-      md5 = "b0626ad59004fe5767ddd2ce743a2271";
+      url = http://www.tcpdump.org/release/libpcap-0.9.8.tar.gz;
+      sha256 = "1yb2hg8jd1bzq3lbrff1sps4757krvj2c9pm2ixn44a4vsc865f4";
   };
   buildInputs = [flex bison];
   configureFlags = "