diff --git a/gnu/packages/mpd.scm b/gnu/packages/mpd.scm
index 74c898979eb432a36064a2fa5d67c97bc9390209..653eec5b6ad5f578a786bb0655e546ae97a3a165 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/mpd.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/mpd.scm
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ (define-public libmpdclient
 (define-public mpd
   (package
     (name "mpd")
-    (version "0.21.23")
+    (version "0.21.24")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ (define-public mpd
                               "/mpd-" version ".tar.xz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "18q72b9baj5cdpq0yn60qm7q4g8vwqqyqndl9xg3f3w0m4n557s3"))))
+                "1mjclv7nf42smzry6cswciicsypv0mfsfl8nsykb6wp6h9z2lqw4"))))
     (build-system meson-build-system)
     (arguments
      `(#:configure-flags '("-Ddocumentation=true"))) ;the default is 'false'...