diff --git a/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
index 2f93e0bda5..97112e5bbd 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2021 Franck Pérignon <franck.perignon@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr>
 ;;; Copyright © 2021 Petr Hodina <phodina@protonmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2021 Simon Streit <simon@netpanic.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2021 Daniel Meißner <daniel.meissner-i4k@ruhr-uni-bochum.de>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -7097,13 +7098,13 @@ PNG, PostScript, PDF, and SVG file output.")
 (define-public python-decorator
   (package
     (name "python-decorator")
-    (version "4.3.0")
+    (version "5.0.9")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (pypi-uri "decorator" version))
        (sha256
-        (base32 "0308djallnh00v112y5b7nadl657ysmkp6vc8xn51d6yzc9zm7n3"))))
+        (base32 "1mcy64hllgm938v8k1x2a4g0q9swsnrfnsvhz59kr28a6ajgpv3j"))))
     (build-system python-build-system)
     (home-page "https://pypi.org/project/decorator/")
     (synopsis "Python module to simplify usage of decorators")