diff --git a/pkgs/elementsd/default.nix b/pkgs/elementsd/default.nix
index 9023a0c..2ef72f3 100644
--- a/pkgs/elementsd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/elementsd/default.nix
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
 with stdenv.lib;
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec{
   name = "elements" + (toString (optional (!withGui) "d")) + "-" + version;
-  version = "0.18.1.3";
+  version = "0.18.1.8";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     urls = [
             "https://github.com/ElementsProject/elements/archive/elements-${version}.tar.gz"
            ];
-    sha256 = "b51d6ee89cf97ae3b19263dc23c576fd690386b1b2850360d595e24159fc0452";
+    sha256 = "8e1a69e959617c0d200150dff9b0302b5c295ec96f1c94c39c3e8af4d99295de";
    };
 
   nativeBuildInputs =
diff --git a/pkgs/elementsd/get-sha256.sh b/pkgs/elementsd/get-sha256.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4c9b425
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/elementsd/get-sha256.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env nix-shell
+#! nix-shell -i bash -p git gnupg
+set -euo pipefail
+
+TMPDIR="$(mktemp -d -p /tmp)"
+trap "rm -rf $TMPDIR" EXIT
+cd $TMPDIR
+
+echo "Fetching latest release"
+git clone https://github.com/elementsproject/elements 2> /dev/null
+cd elements
+latest=$(git describe --tags `git rev-list --tags --max-count=1`)
+echo "Latest release is ${latest}"
+
+# GPG verification
+export GNUPGHOME=$TMPDIR
+echo "Fetching Steven Roose's Key"
+gpg --keyserver hkps://hkps.pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys DE10E82629A8CAD55B700B972F2A88D7F8D68E87 2> /dev/null
+echo "Verifying latest release"
+git verify-tag ${latest}
+
+echo "tag: ${latest}"
+# The prefix option is necessary because GitHub prefixes the archive contents in this format
+echo "sha256: $(git archive --format tar.gz --prefix=elements-${latest}/ ${latest} | sha256sum | cut -d\  -f1)"