diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
index 9020a599e2..674f6181da 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ (define-public psmisc
 (define-public util-linux
   (package
     (name "util-linux")
-    (version "2.32.1")
+    (version "2.33.1")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "mirror://kernel.org/linux/utils/"
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ (define-public util-linux
                                   name "-" version ".tar.xz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "1ck7d8srw5szpjq7v0gpmjahnjs6wgqzm311ki4gazww6xx71rl6"))
+                "08ggvgrb59m5jbq29950xxirsgv4xj3nwsc7vf82nyg1nvrxjjy1"))
               (patches (search-patches "util-linux-tests.patch"))
               (modules '((guix build utils)))
               (snippet
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/util-linux-tests.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/util-linux-tests.patch
index bb5be66515..ec1671f224 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/util-linux-tests.patch
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/util-linux-tests.patch
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ This test checks whether 'root' is successfully translated to UID/GID 0,
 using 'getpwnam' in libmount.  This doesn't work in the chroot because
 /etc/passwd doesn't contain an entry for 'root' so skip it.
 
+The second test requires that '/sys/dev/block' is present, which is not
+the case inside the build container.
 
 --- util-linux-2.25.2/tests/ts/libmount/optstr	2015-01-23 13:58:41.181151194 +0100
 +++ util-linux-2.25.2/tests/ts/libmount/optstr	2015-01-23 13:58:42.829161716 +0100
@@ -16,3 +18,14 @@ using 'getpwnam' in libmount.  This doesn't work in the chroot because
  ts_init_subtest "deduplicate"
  ts_run $TESTPROG --dedup bbb,ccc,AAA,xxx,AAA=a,AAA=bbb,ddd,AAA=ccc,fff=eee AAA &> $TS_OUTPUT
  ts_finalize_subtest
+--- a/tests/ts/lsblk/lsblk	2019-03-11 21:08:23.734387391 +0100
++++ b/tests/ts/lsblk/lsblk	2019-03-11 21:12:43.635473111 +0100
+@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
+ 
+ ts_init "$*"
+ 
++ts_skip "/sys/dev/block is not available"
++
+ ts_check_test_command "$TS_CMD_LSBLK"
+ ts_check_prog xz
+ ts_check_prog tar