diff --git a/gnu/packages/mpd.scm b/gnu/packages/mpd.scm
index 3162cf18b8..da7c1ccb37 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/mpd.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/mpd.scm
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ interfacing MPD in the C, C++ & Objective C languages.")
 (define-public mpd
   (package
     (name "mpd")
-    (version "0.19.14")
+    (version "0.19.17")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ interfacing MPD in the C, C++ & Objective C languages.")
                               "/mpd-" version ".tar.xz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "1rwr1qb9an1qylddf35xwdasyfkxghd00c29saj04l1f2c2kilig"))))
+                "1xxjkwbs0d1bdcsykhmw6l1lybpyp2l7b2bw58y1j70w5fnwhzj8"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (inputs `(("ao" ,ao)
               ("alsa-lib" ,alsa-lib)