diff --git a/gnu/packages/mpd.scm b/gnu/packages/mpd.scm
index 755fa5d482..543345d9e0 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/mpd.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/mpd.scm
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2014 Ian Denhardt <ian@zenhack.net>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015 Paul van der Walt <paul@denknerd.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020 Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
-;;; Copyright © 2018, 2019 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
+;;; Copyright © 2018, 2019, 2020 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
 ;;; Copyright © 2019 Evan Straw <evan.straw99@gmail.com>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ player daemon.")
 (define-public ncmpc
   (package
     (name "ncmpc")
-    (version "0.37")
+    (version "0.38")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ player daemon.")
                               "/ncmpc-" version ".tar.xz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "0p31jpv1vj01bqf1589mnfpv9618cfsv259rlnbqybg1yqkvg3kw"))))
+                "18i73q33xq89abrxjd3hhl05gjniv6ms76ndjlc168ydm8wamh9b"))))
     (build-system meson-build-system)
     (arguments
      `(#:configure-flags