diff --git a/gnu/packages/xorg.scm b/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
index 3c9195b1bf..9985524394 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
@@ -3623,7 +3623,7 @@ (define-public xinput
 (define xkbcomp-intermediate ; used as input for xkeyboard-config
   (package
     (name "xkbcomp-intermediate")
-    (version "1.3.1")
+    (version "1.4.0")
     (source
       (origin
         (method url-fetch)
@@ -3633,7 +3633,7 @@ (define xkbcomp-intermediate ; used as input for xkeyboard-config
                ".tar.bz2"))
         (sha256
          (base32
-          "0gcjy70ppmcl610z8gxc7sydsx93f8cm8pggm4qhihaa1ngdq103"))))
+          "0syfc6zscvai824mzihlnrqxhkcr27dzkpy8zndavi83iischsdw"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (inputs
       `(("xproto" ,xproto)