diff --git a/gnu/packages/base.scm b/gnu/packages/base.scm
index 3db0cc056b..96739b4de9 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/base.scm
@@ -439,14 +439,14 @@ change.  GNU make offers many powerful extensions over the standard utility.")
 (define-public binutils
   (package
    (name "binutils")
-   (version "2.31.1")
+   (version "2.32")
    (source (origin
             (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/binutils/binutils-"
                                 version ".tar.bz2"))
             (sha256
              (base32
-              "1l34hn1zkmhr1wcrgf0d4z7r3najxnw3cx2y2fk7v55zjlk3ik7z"))
+              "0b8767nyal1bc4cyzg5h9iis8kpkln1i3wkamig75cifj1fb2f6y"))
             (patches (search-patches "binutils-loongson-workaround.patch"))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)