diff --git a/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm b/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
index 40d41350ac..8e74d20eae 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017, 2018, 2019 Rutger Helling <rhelling@mykolab.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017, 2020 Brendan Tildesley <mail@brendan.scot>
-;;; Copyright © 2018, 2020 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
+;;; Copyright © 2018, 2020, 2021 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
 ;;; Copyright © 2018 Pierre Neidhardt <mail@ambrevar.xyz>
 ;;; Copyright © 2018 Stefan Stefanović <stefanx2ovic@gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2019 Reza Alizadeh Majd <r.majd@pantherx.org>
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ (define-public libinput-minimal
 (define-public libxdg-basedir
   (package
     (name "libxdg-basedir")
-    (version "1.2.0")
+    (version "1.2.3")
     (source (origin
               (method git-fetch)
               (uri (git-reference
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ (define-public libxdg-basedir
               (file-name (git-file-name name version))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "12yz53ny5bi2dii3zwcr6b9ay0yy1g1xv13jg097k7gjligcq11m"))))
+                "0j8fgp41kxipzdnqsdy83d7w6kadbc45n98qyr84zsj46wl582vv"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
      '(#:phases