diff --git a/roles/etherpad/defaults/main.yml b/roles/etherpad/defaults/main.yml
index 276f4c7..1d61582 100644
--- a/roles/etherpad/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/etherpad/defaults/main.yml
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 etherpad_id: 1
 etherpad_root_dir: /opt/etherpad_{{ etherpad_id }}
 etherpad_user: etherpad_{{ etherpad_id }}
-etherpad_version: 1.8.7
+etherpad_version: 1.8.8
 etherpad_archive_url: https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/archive/{{ etherpad_version }}.tar.gz
-etherpad_archive_sha1: 12431570a227745f5356099772f42a67a9c6e3e5
+etherpad_archive_sha1: 743db869a918706eb6233bbef4ee342427b26044
 etherpad_port: 9003
 etherpad_src_ip: []