diff --git a/gnu/packages/mail.scm b/gnu/packages/mail.scm
index e49a8bdae1..8e85c7b7eb 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/mail.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/mail.scm
@@ -3230,7 +3230,7 @@ (define-public blists
 (define-public swaks
   (package
     (name "swaks")
-    (version "20190914.0")
+    (version "20201014.0")
     (source
      (origin
        (method git-fetch)
@@ -3239,7 +3239,7 @@ (define-public swaks
              (commit (string-append "v" version))))
        (file-name (git-file-name name version))
        (sha256
-        (base32 "0xd3952mm8r0nj32rhvciiaq8cx4hxvr7nqpv4njq18q6gv13qby"))))
+        (base32 "131i2b1yxhnbqkfk4kky40pfanqw2c5lcgbnjhfqp5cvpawpk2ai"))))
     (build-system perl-build-system)
     (inputs
      `(("perl-io-socket-inet6" ,perl-io-socket-inet6)