diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/java/hsqldb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/java/hsqldb/default.nix
index d8814b5c02d..9145785a891 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/java/hsqldb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/java/hsqldb/default.nix
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "hsqldb-1.8.0.7";
+  name = "hsqldb-1.8.0.8";
   builder = ./builder.sh;
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = mirror://sourceforge/hsqldb/hsqldb_1_8_0_7.zip;
-    sha256 = "c35fe3c40fba7596e14c096cd0f3f8b70ac46610da7c5878a0ead6b454f5009c";
+    url = mirror://sourceforge/hsqldb/hsqldb_1_8_0_8.zip;
+    sha256 = "1428pkizd19i2p7iiha0nkgypa3hznj4vbw503ayyhnnhbgw4ama";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ unzip