diff --git a/gnu/system.scm b/gnu/system.scm
index bdb696fe2e28fc536a33a5a4459cca4a0fd3b2ed..3f4a0065d0c13d16b3dfb5094a0b35fe4fd2e8ea 100644
--- a/gnu/system.scm
+++ b/gnu/system.scm
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ (define %base-packages-utils
  (cons* procps psmisc which
         (@ (gnu packages admin) shadow) ;for 'passwd'
 
-        guile-3.0
+        guile-3.0-latest
 
         ;; The packages below are also in %FINAL-INPUTS, so take them from
         ;; there to avoid duplication.