diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
index 24ab210536..406629b6f6 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
@@ -6612,14 +6612,14 @@ (define-public libmnl
 (define-public libnftnl
   (package
     (name "libnftnl")
-    (version "1.1.9")
+    (version "1.2.0")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (string-append "mirror://netfilter.org/libnftnl/"
                            "libnftnl-" version ".tar.bz2"))
        (sha256
-        (base32 "16jbp4fs5dz2yf4c3bl1sb48x9x9wi1chv39zwmfgya1k9pimcp9"))))
+        (base32 "1xblq1cbcxhr6qmjpy98i1qdza148idgz99vbhjc7s4vzvfizc4h"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (native-inputs
      `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))