diff --git a/gnu/system.scm b/gnu/system.scm
index 023007a0e6..77cc0076c1 100644
--- a/gnu/system.scm
+++ b/gnu/system.scm
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ (define %base-packages
 
          bash-completion
 
-         guile-2.2
+         guile-3.0
          guile-readline guile-colorized
 
          ;; The packages below are also in %FINAL-INPUTS, so take them from