diff --git a/gnu/packages/base.scm b/gnu/packages/base.scm
index 09cf401617..c0b6fcb575 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/base.scm
@@ -174,14 +174,14 @@ (define-public sed
 (define-public tar
   (package
    (name "tar")
-   (version "1.33")
+   (version "1.34")
    (source (origin
             (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/tar/tar-"
                                 version ".tar.xz"))
             (sha256
              (base32
-              "0zh6v6rsykgq615fk3pj271nrrbn05z59l8v64fl2fn83m5k9a36"))
+              "0a0x87anh9chbi2cgcyy7pmnm5hzk4yd1w2j8gm1wplwhwkbvgk3"))
             (patches (search-patches "tar-skip-unreliable-tests.patch"
                                      "tar-remove-wholesparse-check.patch"))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)