diff --git a/gnu/packages/guile.scm b/gnu/packages/guile.scm
index 62a58dcf988..d69b627f9ad 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/guile.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/guile.scm
@@ -1548,7 +1548,7 @@ $(datadir)/guile/site/$(GUILE_EFFECTIVE_VERSION)\n"))
                                           "/lib/libaspell\"")))
                         #t))))))
     (native-inputs `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
-    (inputs `(("guile" ,guile-2.0)
+    (inputs `(("guile" ,guile-2.2)
               ("aspell" ,aspell)))
     (home-page "https://github.com/spk121/guile-aspell")
     (synopsis "Spell-checking from Guile")