diff --git a/gnu/packages/mpd.scm b/gnu/packages/mpd.scm
index d4c77c62cf..c305e457cb 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/mpd.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/mpd.scm
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ terminal using ncurses.")
 (define-public ncmpcpp
   (package
     (name "ncmpcpp")
-    (version "0.8")
+    (version "0.8.1")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ terminal using ncurses.")
                               version ".tar.bz2"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "0nj6ky805a55acj0w57sbn3vfmmkbqp97rhbi0q9848n10f2l3rg"))))
+                "1zw8d07b2bkssbsybg6jnmpq001w525viajrnz4jvfml3l55gyad"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (inputs `(("libmpdclient" ,libmpdclient)
               ("boost"  ,boost)