diff --git a/gnu/packages/xorg.scm b/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
index 166040e6c8..2023932115 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
@@ -2459,7 +2459,7 @@ including most mice, keyboards, tablets and touchscreens.")
 (define-public xf86-input-libinput
   (package
     (name "xf86-input-libinput")
-    (version "0.16.0")
+    (version "0.23.0")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append
@@ -2467,7 +2467,7 @@ including most mice, keyboards, tablets and touchscreens.")
                     name "-" version ".tar.bz2"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "0jbgnxsbr3g4g9vkspcc6pqy7av59zx5bb78vkvaqy8yx4qybbgx"))))
+                "1p596v3kbmjpdz3kz8z19bnd79l860f1pbwjvma7bz7qx3gynlqb"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
      '(#:configure-flags