diff --git a/gnu/packages/xml.scm b/gnu/packages/xml.scm
index 849e35288e..6e32ffb05f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/xml.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/xml.scm
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ (define-public perl-xml-xpath
 (define-public pugixml
   (package
     (name "pugixml")
-    (version "1.8.1")
+    (version "1.9")
     (source
      (origin
       (method url-fetch)
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ (define-public pugixml
                           version "/pugixml-" version ".tar.gz"))
       (sha256
        (base32
-        "0fcgggry5x5bn0zhb09ij9hb0p45nb0sv0d9fw3cm1cf62hp9n80"))))
+        "19nv3zhik3djp4blc4vrjwrl8dfhzmal8b21sq7y907nhddx6mni"))))
     (build-system cmake-build-system)
     (arguments
      `(#:configure-flags '("-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=-shared -fPIC"