diff --git a/gnu/packages/dico.scm b/gnu/packages/dico.scm
index d96dbb86d9..f6ab56887c 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/dico.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/dico.scm
@@ -38,14 +38,14 @@ (define-module (gnu packages dico)
 (define-public dico
   (package
     (name "dico")
-    (version "2.7")
+    (version "2.9")
     (source (origin
              (method url-fetch)
              (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/dico/dico-"
                                  version ".tar.xz"))
              (sha256
               (base32
-               "0dg4aacnmlf3ljssd7dwh8z5644xzq8k1501mbsx8nz8p8a9mbsq"))))
+               "0i9xqhy3h5nlizcmav4mv5ay8ivdgn4l4k0k7fxix3fsc87nijyr"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
      '(#:configure-flags (list (string-append "--with-guile-site-dir=" %output