diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/default.nix
index 0f1acc1c7cc..341d9e1d840 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/default.nix
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@
 let unwrapped = stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "pidgin";
   majorVersion = "2";
-  version = "${majorVersion}.14.6";
+  version = "${majorVersion}.14.8";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/pidgin/${pname}-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "bb45f7c032f9efd6922a5dbf2840995775e5584771b23992d04f6eff7dff5336";
+    sha256 = "1jjc15pfyw3012q5ffv7q4r88wv07ndqh0wakyxa2k0w4708b01z";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];