diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
index 7364655d25..9131e4e5f5 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2020, 2021 Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
 ;;; Copyright © 2020 Naga Malleswari <nagamalli@riseup.net>
 ;;; Copyright © 2020 Ryan Prior <rprior@protonmail.com>
-;;; Copyright © 2020, 2021, 2022 Vinicius Monego <monego@posteo.net>
+;;; Copyright © 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 Vinicius Monego <monego@posteo.net>
 ;;; Copyright © 2020, 2021 Brice Waegeneire <brice@waegenei.re>
 ;;; Copyright © 2020 Arun Isaac <arunisaac@systemreboot.net>
 ;;; Copyright © 2020, 2022 Michael Rohleder <mike@rohleder.de>
@@ -1894,7 +1894,7 @@ (define-public deja-dup
 (define-public gnome-commander
   (package
     (name "gnome-commander")
-    (version "1.14.3")
+    (version "1.16.1")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
@@ -1902,8 +1902,10 @@ (define-public gnome-commander
                            (version-major+minor version)  "/"
                            "gnome-commander-" version ".tar.xz"))
        (sha256
-        (base32 "0yzx9slg632iflw9p96nlh9i50dhacq7hrzpkj8b48mr1zkxrn3q"))))
-    (build-system glib-or-gtk-build-system)
+        (base32 "1cyh20nz2f81rb6di99idvw4xjn969mjhj3n2q17kzjhlv20079z"))))
+    (build-system meson-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     `(#:glib-or-gtk? #t))
     (native-inputs
      (list desktop-file-utils
            flex
@@ -1911,6 +1913,7 @@ (define-public gnome-commander
            `(,glib "bin")
            gobject-introspection
            googletest
+           `(,gtk+-2 "bin")
            intltool
            itstool
            libtool