diff --git a/gnu/packages/parallel.scm b/gnu/packages/parallel.scm
index ff15f89b7ec98f55f076abc8d47e6d7ff270fe12..38ce709fe140a39aa64ac3a28198e601f846548e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/parallel.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/parallel.scm
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ (define-module (gnu packages parallel)
 (define-public parallel
   (package
     (name "parallel")
-    (version "20150722")
+    (version "20150922")
     (source
      (origin
       (method url-fetch)
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ (define-public parallel
                           version ".tar.bz2"))
       (sha256
        (base32
-        "0jpklc4awr5z6slgn7xjhrcpk6i8jp9mwhkkaczikvbaqzbyabkx"))))
+        "05zf3jhjmswfr63lgxw8q26kysd72b8m0zy5jbc94r6appx8bd7j"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (inputs `(("perl" ,perl)))
     (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/parallel/")