diff --git a/gnu/system.scm b/gnu/system.scm
index 5bd60176fe..0076f2fcb1 100644
--- a/gnu/system.scm
+++ b/gnu/system.scm
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ (define %base-packages
          ;; The packages below are also in %FINAL-INPUTS, so take them from
          ;; there to avoid duplication.
          (map canonical-package
-              (list guile-2.0 bash coreutils-8.27 findutils grep sed
+              (list guile-2.2 bash coreutils-8.27 findutils grep sed
                     diffutils patch gawk tar gzip bzip2 xz lzip))))
 
 (define %default-issue