diff --git a/gnu/packages/xorg.scm b/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
index df138c4163..9178a03600 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
@@ -1469,7 +1469,7 @@ (define-public libxpm
 (define-public libxres
   (package
     (name "libxres")
-    (version "1.2.0")
+    (version "1.2.1")
     (source
       (origin
         (method url-fetch)
@@ -1479,7 +1479,7 @@ (define-public libxres
                ".tar.bz2"))
         (sha256
           (base32
-            "1m0jr0lbz9ixpp9ihk68349q0i7ry2379lnfzdy4mrl86ijc2xgz"))))
+            "049b7dk6hx47161hg47ryjrm6pwsp27r5pby05b0wqb1pcggprmn"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
      '(#:configure-flags '("--disable-static")))