1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/imagemagick.scm b/gnu/packages/imagemagick.scm
index 48d468734b..d654c3be2e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/imagemagick.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/imagemagick.scm
@@ -43,14 +43,17 @@
 (define-public imagemagick
   (package
     (name "imagemagick")
-    (version "6.9.7-0")
+    ;; The 7 release series has an incompatible API, while the 6 series is still
+    ;; maintained. Don't update to 7 until we've made sure that the ImageMagick
+    ;; users are ready for the 7-series API.
+    (version "6.9.7-3")
     (source (origin
              (method url-fetch)
              (uri (string-append "mirror://imagemagick/ImageMagick-"
                                  version ".tar.xz"))
              (sha256
               (base32
-               "0c6ff1am2mhc0dc26h50l78yx6acwqymwpwgkxgx69cb6jfpwrdx"))))
+               "18cibh5rmxddwpsrpzjd4sbim80g5w36zhl8bw582nw39cs6f5w0"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
      `(#:configure-flags '("--with-frozenpaths" "--without-gcc-arch")