diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnupg.scm b/gnu/packages/gnupg.scm
index aeee440b7e..b6b12e83d4 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gnupg.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnupg.scm
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 (define-public libgpg-error
   (package
     (name "libgpg-error")
-    (version "1.19")
+    (version "1.21")
     (source
      (origin
       (method url-fetch)
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
                           version ".tar.bz2"))
       (sha256
        (base32
-        "12wpqhjlsw4iaanifbqm2kich6c7x7lm8a7zhy6x5ifm6c9hw4jk"))))
+        "0kdq2cbnk84fr4jqcv689rlxpbyl6bda2cn6y3ll19v3mlydpnxp"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (home-page "http://gnupg.org")
     (synopsis "Library of error values for GnuPG components")