diff --git a/gnu/packages/databases.scm b/gnu/packages/databases.scm
index 3bd2add8caa..d60fdfff17b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/databases.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/databases.scm
@@ -516,14 +516,14 @@ mapping from string keys to string values.")
 (define-public memcached
   (package
     (name "memcached")
-    (version "1.5.20")
+    (version "1.6.9")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (string-append
              "https://memcached.org/files/memcached-" version ".tar.gz"))
        (sha256
-        (base32 "1r511qr95q0ywdaql3pdjiwzkfqxhhfzb13ilvl7mznfm4iv1myg"))))
+        (base32 "1lcjy1b9krnb2gk72qd1fvivlfiyfvknfi3wngyvyk9ifzijr9nm"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (inputs
      `(("libevent" ,libevent)