diff --git a/gnu/packages/plotutils.scm b/gnu/packages/plotutils.scm
index 93595d0baa..4e044fab75 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/plotutils.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/plotutils.scm
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
 ;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015 Eric Bavier <bavier@member.fsf.org>
-;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020 Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
+;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021 Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
 ;;; Copyright © 2018 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
 ;;; Copyright © 2020 Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
 ;;;
@@ -206,14 +206,14 @@ (define-public ploticus
 (define-public asymptote
   (package
     (name "asymptote")
-    (version "2.68")
+    (version "2.69")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (string-append "mirror://sourceforge/asymptote/"
                            version "/asymptote-" version ".src.tgz"))
        (sha256
-        (base32 "1ch2bc28v0v76x9sbbn7xswvqi88plam9y4966j0kj2dn5fmms71"))))
+        (base32 "17gp9n0cgwlbsy16jya07cjw18drbg2gqhdghlvmkybpfh3mcr26"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     ;; Note: The 'asy' binary retains a reference to docdir for use with its
     ;; "help" command in interactive mode, so adding a "doc" output is not