diff --git a/gnu/packages/compression.scm b/gnu/packages/compression.scm
index 890ff7691a..8db1136be0 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/compression.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/compression.scm
@@ -536,14 +536,14 @@ some compression ratio).")
 (define-public lzip
   (package
     (name "lzip")
-    (version "1.20")
+    (version "1.21")
     (source (origin
              (method url-fetch)
              (uri (string-append "mirror://savannah/lzip/lzip-"
                                  version ".tar.gz"))
              (sha256
               (base32
-               "0319q59kb8g324wnj7xzbr7vvlx5bcs13lr34j0zb3kqlyjq2fy9"))))
+               "12qdcw5k1cx77brv9yxi1h4dzwibhfmdpigrj43nfk8nscwm12z4"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (home-page "https://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lzip.html")
     (synopsis "Lossless data compressor based on the LZMA algorithm")