diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
index c16a79b231..f5b90e5341 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2022 Stefan <stefan-guix@vodafonemail.de>
 ;;; Copyright © 2022, 2023 Demis Balbach <db@minikn.xyz>
 ;;; Copyright © 2023 Bruno Victal <mirai@makinata.eu>
+;;; Copyright © 2023 Yovan Naumovski <yovan@gorski.stream>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -2615,7 +2616,7 @@ Zerofree requires the file system to be unmounted or mounted read-only.")
 (define-public strace
   (package
     (name "strace")
-    (version "5.18")
+    (version "6.2")
     (home-page "https://strace.io")
     (source (origin
              (method url-fetch)
@@ -2623,7 +2624,7 @@ Zerofree requires the file system to be unmounted or mounted read-only.")
                                  "/strace-" version ".tar.xz"))
              (sha256
               (base32
-               "11qi7pdm0ldycsg9qhsa50icm219mmvy16yw1ih3s9f9kakkwab0"))
+               "1s3pj6a6xx1p1w98ik03d8hc4xssl4ha4aa0039nhqj196j3hz8c"))
              (patches (search-patches "strace-readlink-tests.patch"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments