diff --git a/gnu/packages/compression.scm b/gnu/packages/compression.scm
index f96ed1fd6f..f5f5887926 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/compression.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/compression.scm
@@ -1434,14 +1434,14 @@ or junctions, and always follows hard links.")
 (define-public zstd
   (package
     (name "zstd")
-    (version "1.4.8")
+    (version "1.4.9")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (string-append "https://github.com/facebook/zstd/releases/download/"
                            "v" version "/zstd-" version ".tar.gz"))
        (sha256
-        (base32 "094zqsj92iwz8glpgxjw96c43ib7adpjg5nm1082200mrabq4irj"))))
+        (base32 "14yj7309gsvg39rki4xqnd6w5idmqi0655v1fc0mk1m2kvhp9b19"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (outputs '("out"                    ;1.2MiB executables and documentation
                "lib"                    ;1.2MiB shared library and headers