diff --git a/gnu/packages/tor.scm b/gnu/packages/tor.scm
index 71f32b3f43..d4bf27a790 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/tor.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/tor.scm
@@ -63,14 +63,14 @@
 (define-public tor
   (package
     (name "tor")
-    (version "0.4.8.8")
+    (version "0.4.8.9")
     (source (origin
              (method url-fetch)
              (uri (string-append "https://dist.torproject.org/tor-"
                                  version ".tar.gz"))
              (sha256
               (base32
-               "0140d0zcjxi4vijvr2gk3kmnd4xa80sjj9kdcc2gzazyr84fkfr1"))))
+               "0rfgn88izn74nh6gy42ggwmiicnylp73skrlwm61n4znj247vfsr"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
      (list #:configure-flags