diff --git a/package/base/gsl/gsl.desc b/package/base/gsl/gsl.desc
index 88ccc1747..534fba345 100644
--- a/package/base/gsl/gsl.desc
+++ b/package/base/gsl/gsl.desc
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 1.7
+[V] 1.9
 [P] X -?---5---9 104.000
 
-[D] 4063234285 gsl-1.7.tar.gz ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gsl/
+[D] 1110468949 gsl-1.9.tar.gz ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gsl/