diff --git a/gnu/packages/mp3.scm b/gnu/packages/mp3.scm
index ff67d9e9e5..9de9055e51 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/mp3.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/mp3.scm
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2013 Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
 ;;; Copyright © 2014, 2015, 2017, 2020, 2021 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
-;;; Copyright © 2016 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
+;;; Copyright © 2016, 2021 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Thomas Danckaert <post@thomasdanckaert.be>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017, 2019, 2020 Pierre Langlois <pierre.langlois@gmx.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2018–2021 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ (define-public mp3splt
 (define-public mpg123
   (package
     (name "mpg123")
-    (version "1.26.5")
+    (version "1.28.2")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ (define-public mpg123
                    "https://www.mpg123.org/download/mpg123-"
                    version ".tar.bz2")))
        (sha256
-        (base32 "01pgcqjbbi2r7nlg5118bkivl0gkv0hq0cw7v4vpxgimv7h9fajh"))))
+        (base32 "006v44nz4nkpgvxz1k2vbbrfpa2m47hyydscs0wf3iysiyvd9vvy"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments '(#:configure-flags '("--with-default-audio=pulse")))
     (native-inputs