diff --git a/gnu/packages/xorg.scm b/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
index 8c32608f8f..d70226930f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
@@ -4855,7 +4855,7 @@ an X Window System display.")
 (define-public libxfont
   (package
     (name "libxfont")
-    (version "1.5.3")
+    (version "1.5.4")
     (source
       (origin
         (method url-fetch)
@@ -4865,7 +4865,7 @@ an X Window System display.")
                ".tar.bz2"))
         (sha256
           (base32
-            "1l4k3i3xzqdmaszykh6bb2ah78p6c3z7fak7xzgq2d38s87w31db"))))
+            "0hiji1bvpl78aj3a3141hkk353aich71wv8l5l2z51scfy878zqs"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (propagated-inputs
       `(("fontsproto" ,fontsproto)