diff --git a/gnu/packages/sdl.scm b/gnu/packages/sdl.scm
index 30d18aa1c3..7ed4e5ca6e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/sdl.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/sdl.scm
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ (define-public guile-sdl2
              (string-append "--with-libsdl2-mixer-prefix="
                             (assoc-ref %build-inputs "sdl2-mixer")))))
     (native-inputs
-     `(("guile" ,guile-2.0)
+     `(("guile" ,guile-2.2)
        ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
     (inputs
      `(("sdl2" ,sdl2)