diff --git a/gnu/packages/global.scm b/gnu/packages/global.scm
index 6ad79d1283ad0b6f7dbce686e6ba512cc2471a93..836962c8f8f1ff9cc040877e3d96364c8514b5a5 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/global.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/global.scm
@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@ (define-module (gnu packages global)
 (define-public global                             ; a global variable
   (package
     (name "global")
-    (version "6.2.8")
+    (version "6.2.9")
     (source (origin
              (method url-fetch)
              (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/global/global-"
                                  version ".tar.gz"))
              (sha256
               (base32
-               "1l6g51kff5010gwmw08jbks1mssgddz7wggjvfsky3g000jkpvf1"))))
+               "00y38kp0zbpjl9c9phldy7j2ihqc54qn4cdgk0azbjdsv75k3n6q"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (inputs `(("ncurses" ,ncurses)
               ("libtool" ,libtool)))