diff --git a/gnu/packages/base.scm b/gnu/packages/base.scm
index 24c20a01b0..a0d781cc24 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/base.scm
@@ -490,14 +490,14 @@ store.")
 (define-public glibc/linux
   (package
    (name "glibc")
-   (version "2.23")
+   (version "2.24")
    (source (origin
             (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/glibc/glibc-"
                                 version ".tar.xz"))
             (sha256
              (base32
-              "1s8krs3y2n6pzav7ic59dz41alqalphv7vww4138ag30wh0fpvwl"))
+              "1lxmprg9gm73gvafxd503x70z32phwjzcy74i0adfi6ixzla7m4r"))
             (snippet
              ;; Disable 'ldconfig' and /etc/ld.so.cache.  The latter is
              ;; required on LFS distros to avoid loading the distro's libc.so
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ store.")
       #:parallel-build? #f
 
       ;; The libraries have an empty RUNPATH, but some, such as the versioned
-      ;; libraries (libdl-2.23.so, etc.) have ld.so marked as NEEDED.  Since
+      ;; libraries (libdl-2.24.so, etc.) have ld.so marked as NEEDED.  Since
       ;; these libraries are always going to be found anyway, just skip
       ;; RUNPATH checks.
       #:validate-runpath? #f