diff --git a/gnu/packages/sdl.scm b/gnu/packages/sdl.scm
index 4c38e2f055..49bc09312a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/sdl.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/sdl.scm
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ (define-public sdl2-ttf
 (define-public guile-sdl
   (package
     (name "guile-sdl")
-    (version "0.5.3")
+    (version "0.6.1")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ (define-public guile-sdl
                               version ".tar.lz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "040gyk3n3yp8i30ngdg97n3083g8b6laky2nlh10jqcyjdd550d6"))))
+                "1q985nd3birr5pny74915x098fisa6llas3ijgf1b4gdz5717nzz"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (native-inputs
      `(("lzip" ,lzip)