diff --git a/gnu/packages/backup.scm b/gnu/packages/backup.scm
index fab71d055a..5156ac9167 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/backup.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/backup.scm
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Arun Isaac <arunisaac@systemreboot.net>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Kei Kebreau <kkebreau@posteo.net>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Christopher Allan Webber <cwebber@dustycloud.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2017 Rutger Helling <rhelling@mykolab.com>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ (define-public duplicity
 (define-public par2cmdline
   (package
     (name "par2cmdline")
-    (version "0.7.4")
+    (version "0.8.0")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "https://github.com/Parchive/par2cmdline/archive/v"
@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@ (define-public par2cmdline
               (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "0iwwskiag3262mvhinvnbk6n0qh6sh56m86y4d0m285v0jl0y9pa"))))
+                "1jpshmmcr81mxly0md2rr231qz9c8c680bbvcmhh100dg9i4a6s6"))))
     (native-inputs
      `(("automake" ,automake)
        ("autoconf" ,autoconf)))