diff --git a/gnu/packages/tor.scm b/gnu/packages/tor.scm
index 8648447ee2..d71374542b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/tor.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/tor.scm
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2020 André Batista <nandre@riseup.net>
 ;;; Copyright © 2021-2022 Danial Behzadi <dani.behzi@ubuntu.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2022 Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
+;;; Copyright © 2022 Jim Newsome <jnewsome@torproject.org>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -160,17 +161,19 @@ (define-public tor-client
 (define-public torsocks
   (package
     (name "torsocks")
-    (version "2.3.0")
+    (version "2.4.0")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
-              (uri (string-append "https://people.torproject.org/~dgoulet/"
-                                  "torsocks/torsocks-" version ".tar.xz"))
+              (uri (string-append "https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/torsocks/-/archive/v"
+                                   version "/torsocks-v" version ".tar.bz2"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "08inrkap29gikb6sdmb58z43hw4abwrfw7ny40c4xzdkss0vkwdr"))))
+                "1a7k3njdhp7dz603knhisna1zvxw35j3g213p6dvczv9bcjy7cjl"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (inputs
      (list libcap))
+    (native-inputs
+     (list autoconf automake libtool))
     (arguments
      `(#:phases (modify-phases %standard-phases
                   (add-after 'build 'absolutize
@@ -180,11 +183,11 @@ (define-public torsocks
                          (string-append "getcap=" (which "getcap") "\n")))
                       #t)))))
     (home-page "https://www.torproject.org/")
-    (synopsis "Use socks-friendly applications with Tor")
+    (synopsis "Transparently route an application's traffic through Tor.")
     (description
-     "Torsocks allows you to use most socks-friendly applications in a safe
-way with Tor.  It ensures that DNS requests are handled safely and explicitly
-rejects UDP traffic from the application you're using.")
+     "Torsocks allows you to use most applications in a safe way with Tor.  It
+ensures that DNS requests are handled safely and explicitly rejects UDP
+traffic from the application you're using.")
 
     ;; All the files explicitly say "version 2 only".
     (license license:gpl2)))