diff --git a/gnu/packages/code.scm b/gnu/packages/code.scm
index 97261d6c794d73f1896a400e5b91bad219788290..bcd10828e692af91f47f648f8fedfb9b522223af 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/code.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/code.scm
@@ -91,14 +91,14 @@ (define-public complexity
 (define-public global                             ; a global variable
   (package
     (name "global")
-    (version "6.4")
+    (version "6.5")
     (source (origin
              (method url-fetch)
              (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/global/global-"
                                  version ".tar.gz"))
              (sha256
               (base32
-               "13i4zwx6gaibc4j79wd0hgxysw8ibxz9c018zxhydnxlyadzcnri"))))
+               "1af6lhwhrpdnigd3707fnk3dd6y53pbc4g0i75xjf0563bdi5zaa"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (inputs `(("ncurses" ,ncurses)
               ("libltdl" ,libltdl)