diff --git a/gnu/packages/admin.scm b/gnu/packages/admin.scm
index b9e1f1b608..98827ca303 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/admin.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/admin.scm
@@ -1723,7 +1723,7 @@ (define-public direvent
 (define-public libcap-ng
   (package
     (name "libcap-ng")
-    (version "0.7.9")
+    (version "0.7.10")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append
@@ -1731,7 +1731,7 @@ (define-public libcap-ng
                     version ".tar.gz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "0a0k484kwv0zilry2mbl9k56cnpdhsjxdxin17jas6kkyfy345aa"))))
+                "1gzzy12agfa9ddipdf72h9y68zqqnvsjjylv4vnq6hj4w2safk58"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
      `(#:configure-flags