diff --git a/gnu/packages/web.scm b/gnu/packages/web.scm
index 519a91e160db92158e5706309ec7fdc42b7f0706..fb3ff2d1492877fc2591d70dfe08375e4e6eec8b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/web.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/web.scm
@@ -94,14 +94,14 @@ (define-public httpd
 (define-public nginx
   (package
     (name "nginx")
-    (version "1.6.2")
+    (version "1.8.0")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "http://nginx.org/download/nginx-"
                                   version ".tar.gz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "060s77qxhkn02fjkcndsr0xppj2bppjzkj0gn84svrykb4lqqq5m"))))
+                "1mgkkmmwkhmpn68sdvbd73ssv6lpqhh864fsyvc1ij4hk4is3k13"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (inputs `(("pcre" ,pcre)
               ("openssl" ,openssl)