diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/default.nix
index 5dc67a627a55..3cae7fc017d4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/default.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "strace";
-  version = "6.7";
+  version = "6.8";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://strace.io/files/${version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-IJAgHho/8yhG9P5CHBFjsV9EC7OOMTVdCfgtOUmSKvc=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-umlQqWgkzfk6WE+gTwpzOJbSprxfCtn/5QXZtB6XAUk=";
   };
 
   depsBuildBuild = [ buildPackages.stdenv.cc ];