diff --git a/gnu/packages/nano.scm b/gnu/packages/nano.scm
index 8ea84ab724..e8d890fd62 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/nano.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/nano.scm
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2012 Nikita Karetnikov <nikita@karetnikov.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Rene Saavedra <rennes@openmailbox.org>
-;;; Copyright © 2018, 2019 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
+;;; Copyright © 2018, 2019, 2020 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@
 (define-public nano
   (package
     (name "nano")
-    (version "4.9.3")
+    (version "5.0")
     (source
      (origin
       (method url-fetch)
       (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/nano/nano-" version ".tar.xz"))
       (sha256
-       (base32 "1d2i3wvsq5lvpxxinq51dcvd58xx7j0d0c2csz9hgvd06gq3hd3f"))))
+       (base32 "0dmagj4p1llb1a2w0iwdrqbd9cgp0bda4s18vwh6y1ndd6z983bw"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (inputs
      `(("gettext" ,gettext-minimal)