diff --git a/gnu/packages/skarnet.scm b/gnu/packages/skarnet.scm
index cee50f627a..4335ca6717 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/skarnet.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/skarnet.scm
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Eric Le Bihan <eric.le.bihan.dev@free.fr>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Z. Ren <zren@dlut.edu.cn>
 ;;; Copyright © 2018, 2019 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
+;;; Copyright © 2020 Oleg Pykhalov <go.wigust@gmail.com>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -29,14 +30,14 @@
 (define-public skalibs
   (package
     (name "skalibs")
-    (version "2.8.1.0")
+    (version "2.9.1.0")
     (source
      (origin
       (method url-fetch)
       (uri (string-append "http://skarnet.org/software/skalibs/skalibs-"
                           version ".tar.gz"))
       (sha256
-       (base32 "1fk6n402ywn4kpy6ng7sfnnqcg0mp6wq2hrv8sv3kxd0nh3na723"))))
+       (base32 "19c6s3f7vxi96l2yqzjk9x9i4xkfg4fdzxhn1jg6bfb2qjph9cnk"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
      '(#:tests? #f                      ; no tests exist