diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/gauche/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/gauche/default.nix
index bb3294e2097bd2..a0d20b7ebe4fc7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/gauche/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/gauche/default.nix
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "gauche-${version}";
-  version = "0.9.7";
+  version = "0.9.8";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/gauche/Gauche-${version}.tgz";
-    sha256 = "181nycikma0rwrb1h6mi3kys11f8628pq8g5r3fg5hiz5sabscrd";
+    sha256 = "0jxp1ladpy8kvfvk561c64spf1c3d6giqla6zscqkd6qa480vcry";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig texinfo ];