diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
index 2697beebca..ea6d255c88 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
@@ -4235,7 +4235,7 @@ work and the interface is well tested.")
        ("libsecret" ,libsecret)
        ("gtkspell3" ,gtkspell3)
        ("gsettings-desktop-schemas" ,gsettings-desktop-schemas)
-       ("webkitgtk" ,webkitgtk-2.22)))
+       ("webkitgtk" ,webkitgtk-2.24)))
     (home-page "https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Eolie")
     (synopsis "Web browser for GNOME")
     (description
@@ -4294,7 +4294,7 @@ a secret password store, an adblocker, and a modern UI.")
        ("libxslt" ,libxslt)
        ("nettle" ,nettle) ; for hogweed
        ("sqlite" ,sqlite)
-       ("webkitgtk" ,webkitgtk-2.22)))
+       ("webkitgtk" ,webkitgtk-2.24)))
     (home-page "https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Web")
     (synopsis "GNOME web browser")
     (description
diff --git a/gnu/packages/web-browsers.scm b/gnu/packages/web-browsers.scm
index a19a0dc7c3..b6af572778 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/web-browsers.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/web-browsers.scm
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ driven and does not detract you from your daily work.")
     (inputs
      `(("glib-networking" ,glib-networking)
        ("gsettings-desktop-schemas" ,gsettings-desktop-schemas)
-       ("webkitgtk" ,webkitgtk-2.22)))
+       ("webkitgtk" ,webkitgtk-2.24)))
     (native-inputs
      `(("gcc-7" ,gcc-7) ; needed because webkitgtk-2.22 is compiled with gcc-7
        ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/webkit.scm b/gnu/packages/webkit.scm
index 7a4818609e..14c374dd3e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/webkit.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/webkit.scm
@@ -165,20 +165,23 @@ HTML/CSS applications to full-fledged web browsers.")
 ;; newer version of GCC than our default compiler, and this causes problems
 ;; when linked with C++ libraries built using our default compiler.  For now,
 ;; we use this newer webkitgtk only for selected packages, e.g. epiphany.
-(define-public webkitgtk-2.22
+(define-public webkitgtk-2.24
   (package/inherit webkitgtk
     (name "webkitgtk")
-    (version "2.22.7")
+    (version "2.24.0")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "https://www.webkitgtk.org/releases/"
                                   name "-" version ".tar.xz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "1zrhmz90sn30zgyflj4i86fsscws10xsi2kfs87nj2nd0pbggrjb"))))
+                "01s446lmjk7y8il4snjm32vpxws2rp4hmxrwm2swx0p47x8d2jif"))))
     (native-inputs
      `(("gcc" ,gcc-7)  ; webkitgtk-2.22 requires gcc-6 or newer
        ,@(package-native-inputs webkitgtk)))
+    (inputs
+     `(("openjpeg" ,openjpeg)
+       ,@(package-inputs webkitgtk)))
     (arguments
      (substitute-keyword-arguments (package-arguments webkitgtk)
        ((#:phases phases)