diff --git a/gnu/packages/bittorrent.scm b/gnu/packages/bittorrent.scm
index a1de2baa7f..a9d62a5664 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bittorrent.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bittorrent.scm
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2014, 2015, 2016 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016, 2018 Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017 Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
-;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
+;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017, 2018 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Tomáš Čech <sleep_walker@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017, 2018 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Jelle Licht <jlicht@fsfe.org>
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ maintained upstream.")
 (define-public aria2
   (package
     (name "aria2")
-    (version "1.33.1")
+    (version "1.34.0")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "https://github.com/tatsuhiro-t/aria2/"
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ maintained upstream.")
                                   name "-" version ".tar.xz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "06syqxia701dk96rcbhnd4x0arjj6d22gm3aqksz38am9y2f8f95"))))
+                "18vpgr430vxlwbcc3598rr1srfmwypls6wp1m4wf21hncc1ahi1s"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
      `(#:configure-flags (list "--enable-libaria2"