diff --git a/gnu/packages/image.scm b/gnu/packages/image.scm
index 93114d8e07..5943457f94 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/image.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/image.scm
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2014, 2017 John Darrington <jmd@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 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, 2017, 2018 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Eric Bavier <bavier@member.fsf.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017 Arun Isaac <arunisaac@systemreboot.net>
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ compose, and analyze GIF images.")
 (define-public imlib2
   (package
     (name "imlib2")
-    (version "1.4.10")
+    (version "1.5.0")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ compose, and analyze GIF images.")
                     "/imlib2-" version ".tar.bz2"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "0wm2q2xlkbm71k7mw2jyzbxgzylrkcj5yh6nq58w5gybhp98qs9z"))))
+                "0kg28b5wp886hiy12v7abdybrvlymb7g3nvg0ysn2y8h883s5w8m"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (native-inputs
      `(("pkgconfig" ,pkg-config)))