diff --git a/gnu/packages/docbook.scm b/gnu/packages/docbook.scm
index d0895772f788e09a71585b6242db795f9c766eb4..f54e031873079a5f8547ab87ee3776f5a4b0f019 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/docbook.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/docbook.scm
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ (define-public docbook-xsl
 (define-public dblatex
   (package
     (name "dblatex")
-    (version "0.3.5")
+    (version "0.3.9")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "mirror://sourceforge/dblatex/dblatex/"
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ (define-public dblatex
                                   version ".tar.bz2"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "0h3472n33pabrn8qwggsahkrjx8lybpwlc3zprby3w3w3x5i830f"))))
+                "0pdizc5rjywwzxa1qqhdmba5zr35pbmdwbysalsid7xw87w3kq06"))))
     (build-system python-build-system)
     ;; TODO: Add xfig/transfig for fig2dev utility
     (inputs