diff --git a/gnu/packages/ghostscript.scm b/gnu/packages/ghostscript.scm
index ee6700747e..93c01a3beb 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/ghostscript.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/ghostscript.scm
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ Consortium standard (ICC), approved as ISO 15076-1.")
 (define-public libpaper
   (package
     (name "libpaper")
-    (version "1.2.2")
+    (version "1.2.3")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "https://github.com/rrthomas/libpaper/releases"
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ Consortium standard (ICC), approved as ISO 15076-1.")
                                   version ".tar.gz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "0lixfgmdbna6gflsgp05d09zygrqi1ip5hsg0p33lh7ndjf6v5ma"))))
+                "1cjs3bvzif433y9js8m9hlscgvsbihww4dq0d3vv58fn474wkffd"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (native-inputs
      (list help2man))