diff --git a/gnu/packages/backup.scm b/gnu/packages/backup.scm
index 006d00ef0c..476ca68c66 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/backup.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/backup.scm
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ spying and/or modification by the server.")
 (define-public par2cmdline
   (package
     (name "par2cmdline")
-    (version "0.7.3")
+    (version "0.7.4")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "https://github.com/Parchive/par2cmdline/archive/v"
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ spying and/or modification by the server.")
               (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "0dqwarc2aw5clgpf24d9dxh43b0k0z3l6kksn30arx9bdlmrk5rx"))))
+                "0iwwskiag3262mvhinvnbk6n0qh6sh56m86y4d0m285v0jl0y9pa"))))
     (native-inputs
      `(("automake" ,automake)
        ("autoconf" ,autoconf)))