diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/seafile-client/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/seafile-client/default.nix
index f4d79d00d8b1..adda284a6b8c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/seafile-client/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/seafile-client/default.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "haiwen";
     repo = "seafile-client";
-    rev = "v${version}";
+    # Tag v8.0.7 used to point to this commit, but was re-tagged later to a state
+    # that fails to link properly
+    rev = "8b96abf64e6aa19e3beeff6b322bcd6d28120bdd";
     sha256 = "00wfr7dvbyl7pg1xgssgz8a94c7c4n5r9266lhy9qcbz456hdcgj";
   };