diff --git a/gnu/packages/imagemagick.scm b/gnu/packages/imagemagick.scm
index ea17ce9c86..42f4a7c92e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/imagemagick.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/imagemagick.scm
@@ -46,14 +46,14 @@
     ;; The 7 release series has an incompatible API, while the 6 series is still
     ;; maintained. Don't update to 7 until we've made sure that the ImageMagick
     ;; users are ready for the 7-series API.
-    (version "6.9.9-21")
+    (version "6.9.9-23")
     (source (origin
              (method url-fetch)
              (uri (string-append "mirror://imagemagick/ImageMagick-"
                                  version ".tar.xz"))
              (sha256
               (base32
-               "0241g3c207rawn61bz8rc5gz55k5mi2b0n3zlwa0jv9xczlkd6a9"))))
+               "0cd6zcbcfvznf0i3q4xz1c4wm4cfplg4zc466lvlb1w8qbn25948"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
      `(#:configure-flags '("--with-frozenpaths" "--without-gcc-arch")