diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/p2p/rtorrent/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/p2p/rtorrent/default.nix
index 63652557efa5..2ca31a6a1e73 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/p2p/rtorrent/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/p2p/rtorrent/default.nix
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "rtorrent-${version}";
-  version = "0.9.7";
+  pname = "rtorrent";
+  version = "0.9.8";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "rakshasa";
-    repo = "rtorrent";
+    repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0a9dk3cz56f7gad8ghsma79iy900rwdvzngs6k6x08nlwaqid8ga";
+    sha256 = "0hcaf1brk402caa7hhlb2r1c93mjzxkm8gb19xfl33gkp3jpf372";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];