diff --git a/gnu/packages/admin.scm b/gnu/packages/admin.scm
index e6248ebb3e..c24e8d1fa7 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/admin.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/admin.scm
@@ -1226,14 +1226,14 @@ network statistics collection, security monitoring, network debugging, etc.")
 (define-public tcpdump
   (package
     (name "tcpdump")
-    (version "4.9.3")
+    (version "4.99.0")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "https://www.tcpdump.org/release/tcpdump-"
                                   version ".tar.gz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "0434vdcnbqaia672rggjzdn4bb8p8dchz559yiszzdk0sjrprm1c"))))
+                "0hmqh2fx8rgs9v1mk3vpywj61xvkifz260q685xllxr8jmxg3wlc"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (inputs `(("libpcap" ,libpcap)
               ("openssl" ,openssl)))