diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
index e7f7bcd9c2..d5afaf94a3 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
@@ -794,14 +794,14 @@ (define-public alsa-lib
 (define-public alsa-utils
   (package
     (name "alsa-utils")
-    (version "1.0.27.2")
+    (version "1.1.0")
     (source (origin
              (method url-fetch)
-             (uri (string-append "ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/utils/alsa-utils-"
-                                 version ".tar.bz2"))
+             (uri (string-append "ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/utils/"
+                                 name "-" version ".tar.bz2"))
              (sha256
               (base32
-               "1sjjngnq50jv5ilwsb4zys6smifni3bd6fn28gbnhfrg14wsrgq2"))))
+               "1wa88wvqcfhak9x3y65wzzwxmmyxb5bv2gyj7lnm653fnwsk271v"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
      ;; XXX: Disable man page creation until we have DocBook.