diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gdb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gdb/default.nix
index bc08a32ab1ff..fe70087a6cc6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gdb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gdb/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 let
 
-  basename = "gdb-7.8";
+  basename = "gdb-7.8.2";
 
   # Whether (cross-)building for GNU/Hurd.  This is an approximation since
   # having `stdenv ? cross' doesn't tell us if we're building `crossDrv' and
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnu/gdb/${basename}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "49c4abe174f79f54e1f9e75210ffb590d9b497d5b5200b5398c0e073a4ecb875";
+    sha256 = "11a4fj1vpsny71kz7xqqbqk3kgzbs5cfjj3z9gm0hpvxfkam8nb0";
   };
 
   patches = [ ./edit-signals.patch ];