diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
index 4a48207f24..4c0a6da2db 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
@@ -4456,7 +4456,7 @@ freedesktop.org help system specification.")
 (define-public yelp-tools
   (package
     (name "yelp-tools")
-    (version "3.18.0")
+    (version "3.28.0")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "mirror://gnome/sources/" name "/"
@@ -4464,7 +4464,7 @@ freedesktop.org help system specification.")
                                   name "-" version ".tar.xz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "0ck9f78c1xka8a823bd7w1k0gdn4k19zvaj7viy2d5r3h1gxdhf6"))))
+                "1b61dmlb1sd50fgq6zgnkcpx2s1py33q0x9cx67fzpsr4gmgxnw2"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (native-inputs
      `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))