diff --git a/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
index 6a20ba4b49..020152b159 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
@@ -3259,13 +3259,13 @@ library, libgit2 implements Git plumbing.")
 (define-public python-pyparsing
   (package
     (name "python-pyparsing")
-    (version "2.2.1")
+    (version "2.3.1")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (pypi-uri "pyparsing" version))
        (sha256
-        (base32 "06dgd0iilvf8m0ssmfpcbh8l6jf0zkp8adbb84llksg17crfx4zl"))))
+        (base32 "0yk6xl885b91dmlhlsap7x78hk2rdr879fln9anbq6k4ca42djb6"))))
     (build-system python-build-system)
     (outputs '("out" "doc"))
     (arguments