diff --git a/gnu/packages/nano.scm b/gnu/packages/nano.scm
index 1bb6fea889..150e1e0641 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/nano.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/nano.scm
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ (define-module (gnu packages nano)
 (define-public nano
   (package
     (name "nano")
-    (version "2.3.6")
+    (version "2.4.0")
     (source
      (origin
       (method url-fetch)
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ (define-public nano
                           version ".tar.gz"))
       (sha256
        (base32
-        "0d4ml0v9yi37pjs211xs38w9whsj6530wz3kmrvwgh8jigqz6jx7"))))
+        "1gbm9bcv4k55y01r5q8a8a9s3yrrgq3z5jxxiij3wl404r8gnxjh"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (inputs
      `(("gettext" ,gnu-gettext)