diff --git a/gnu/packages/web.scm b/gnu/packages/web.scm
index dc67dbd547..2c977baf14 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/web.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/web.scm
@@ -219,14 +219,14 @@ (define-public nginx
     ;; ’stable’ and recommends that “in general you deploy the NGINX mainline
     ;; branch at all times” (https://www.nginx.com/blog/nginx-1-6-1-7-released/)
     ;; Consider updating the nginx-documentation package together with this one.
-    (version "1.17.7")
+    (version "1.17.8")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "https://nginx.org/download/nginx-"
                                   version ".tar.gz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "1zwiqljhzf0ym6r3hrg6k2qfb2mxi7i0lpafg4xnkr875225c9xn"))))
+                "0nwn4md8sxhks2j77qq1nvk5pfz3yykfhh2b507b6l2idp7kxllp"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (inputs `(("openssl" ,openssl)
               ("pcre" ,pcre)