diff --git a/gnu/packages/base.scm b/gnu/packages/base.scm
index c2430f656f93b3160e0c1b14587dd946544018ee..50c3060097543af7d526dfaff5555ea1b50f288a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/base.scm
@@ -679,14 +679,14 @@ (define-public glibc/hurd
   ;; The Hurd's libc variant.
   (package (inherit glibc/linux)
     (name "glibc-hurd")
-    (version "2.19")
+    (version "2.23")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "http://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/hurd/glibc-"
-                                  version "-hurd+libpthread-20160518" ".tar.gz"))
+                                  version "-hurd+libpthread-20161218" ".tar.gz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "12zmdjviybpsdb2kq4cg98rds7909f0cc96fzdahdfrzlxx1q0px"))))
+                "0vpdv05j6j3ria5bw8gp468i64gij94cslxkxj9xkfgi6p615b8p"))))
 
     ;; Libc provides <hurd.h>, which includes a bunch of Hurd and Mach headers,
     ;; so both should be propagated.