diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/xchat/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/xchat/default.nix
index 5d12667e3071..e75201f20814 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/xchat/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/xchat/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, tcl, gtk}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "xchat-2.8.2";
+  name = "xchat-2.8.4";
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://www.xchat.org/files/source/2.8/xchat-2.8.2.tar.bz2;
-    sha256 = "1zjhjwr03nj52lpsvl78jwhir7q6482nnd4h1p0a9zka27kj4v4z";
+    url = http://www.xchat.org/files/source/2.8/xchat-2.8.4.tar.bz2;
+    sha256 = "0qyx6rdvnjwy52amcmkjj134sysfkzbyv7b66vjsla3i8yg9lnpr";
   };
   buildInputs = [pkgconfig tcl gtk];
   configureFlags = "--disable-nls";