diff --git a/gnu/packages/kde-frameworks.scm b/gnu/packages/kde-frameworks.scm
index fe97e0be00..d6865bae9b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/kde-frameworks.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/kde-frameworks.scm
@@ -1462,7 +1462,7 @@ (define-public ksvg
 (define-public ksyntaxhighlighting
   (package
     (name "ksyntaxhighlighting")
-    (version "6.4.0")
+    (version "6.5.0")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append
@@ -1471,7 +1471,7 @@ (define-public ksyntaxhighlighting
                     "syntax-highlighting-" version ".tar.xz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "018mqn4a5bgb841jj2ghrj5fadydnbk7ldcd3dzr7550gkx5m0hz"))))
+                "0y6330pzmm5p6f6x3kdfvgk5m8cl01i3ikisrmb7w9m3a7fq661y"))))
     (build-system cmake-build-system)
     (native-inputs
      (list extra-cmake-modules perl qttools))