diff --git a/gnu/packages/gimp.scm b/gnu/packages/gimp.scm
index 3ead5b32a33e8911aaf81daa05d0ac26945689a8..700d0bbf09b737ed7951214a7215425b436dafdf 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gimp.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gimp.scm
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ (define-public babl
 (define-public gegl
   (package
     (name "gegl")
-    (version "0.4.14")
+    (version "0.4.16")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (list (string-append "https://download.gimp.org/pub/gegl/"
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ (define-public gegl
                                         "/gegl-" version ".tar.bz2")))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "00crhngwi07f5b9x77kx5p7p4cl6l5g6glpz9rqv7pfqk62xa0ac"))))
+                "0njydcr6qdmfzh4fxx544681qxdpf7y6b2f47jcypn810dlxy4h1"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
      '(#:configure-flags '("LDFLAGS=-lm")))