diff --git a/gnu/packages/imagemagick.scm b/gnu/packages/imagemagick.scm
index 75427a4ce1..5a2ba957d2 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/imagemagick.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/imagemagick.scm
@@ -41,14 +41,14 @@
 (define-public imagemagick
   (package
     (name "imagemagick")
-    (version "6.9.5-10")
+    (version "6.9.6-2")
     (source (origin
              (method url-fetch)
              (uri (string-append "mirror://imagemagick/ImageMagick-"
                                  version ".tar.xz"))
              (sha256
               (base32
-               "0cxjzqzca80vf6sfx4z9zq4wq2w0vy9ajp9kf88jb4na8mwsn198"))))
+               "139h9lycxw3lszn052m34xm0rqyanin4nb529vxjcrkkzqilh91r"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
      `(#:configure-flags '("--with-frozenpaths" "--without-gcc-arch")