diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/bwidget/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/bwidget/default.nix
index 0d1913bc8e7a..ed670e61243d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/bwidget/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/bwidget/default.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "bwidget-${version}";
-  version = "1.9.7";
+  version = "1.9.8";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/tcllib/bwidget-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1z2z77l41g01ra7v716c0q3x8s2kx30l4p1kf21ma8bdqa98arp6";
+    sha256 = "055kpl3ghznk028jnhzsa3p48qgipckfzn2liwq932crxviicl2l";
   };
 
   dontBuild = true;