diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/default.nix
index 1ef3c9ee70f2..56788ae4f10e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/default.nix
@@ -44,15 +44,15 @@ assert vdpauSupport -> libvdpau != null;
 assert useWayland -> wayland != null && wayland-protocols != null && waylandpp != null && libxkbcommon != null;
 
 let
-  kodiReleaseDate = "20200301";
-  kodiVersion = "18.6";
+  kodiReleaseDate = "20200728";
+  kodiVersion = "18.8";
   rel = "Leia";
 
   kodi_src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner  = "xbmc";
     repo   = "xbmc";
     rev    = "${kodiVersion}-${rel}";
-    sha256 = "0rwymipn5hljy5xrslzmrljmj6f9wb191wi7gjw20wl6sv44d0bk";
+    sha256 = "0qpkpz43s207msvv3qkiy6vzqwcgmydxv3py7vc29mv6h30chrva";
   };
 
   cmakeProto = fetchurl {
@@ -192,8 +192,8 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
     ++ lib.optional  usbSupport      libusb-compat-0_1
     ++ lib.optional  vdpauSupport    libvdpau
     ++ lib.optionals useWayland [
-      wayland 
-      waylandpp.dev 
+      wayland
+      waylandpp.dev
       wayland-protocols
       # Not sure why ".dev" is needed here, but CMake doesn't find libxkbcommon otherwise
       libxkbcommon.dev