diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
index 841350197d..1833ebd1e6 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
@@ -4567,7 +4567,7 @@ targeting the GNOME stack simple.")
 (define-public vte
   (package
     (name "vte")
-    (version "0.68.0")
+    (version "0.69.99")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "mirror://gnome/sources/vte/"
@@ -4575,7 +4575,7 @@ targeting the GNOME stack simple.")
                                   "vte-" version ".tar.xz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "0j8pvn225ybzx9p33ill838bzp8kkdn28383h0vs65m2kiwd9rqk"))))
+                "1v3i38yrjhc48nvs1g333s3q709mq824qq0k2fnsmrrwv15c3cg9"))))
     (build-system meson-build-system)
     (arguments
      (list #:configure-flags #~(list "-Dvapi=true"