diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
index 6969e065a5..139c5b542e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
@@ -4522,7 +4522,7 @@ targeting the GNOME stack simple.")
 ;;; An older variant kept to build libsoup-minimal-2.
 (define-public vala-0.52
   (package/inherit vala
-    (version "0.52.0")
+    (version "0.52.11")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "mirror://gnome/sources/vala/"
@@ -4530,7 +4530,7 @@ targeting the GNOME stack simple.")
                                   "vala-" version ".tar.xz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "12y6p8wdjp01vmfhxg2cgh32xnyqq6ivblvrar9clnj6vc867qhx"))
+                "0xvhg32sxnfyvxn86hh9mn65mh1g189vhsjcahccj0zbwnrkqz3w"))
               (patches (search-patches "vala-0.52-fix-valagirparser.patch"))))
     (arguments
      (substitute-keyword-arguments (package-arguments vala)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/vala-0.52-fix-valagirparser.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/vala-0.52-fix-valagirparser.patch
index 3cb7b16d05..5a16e15567 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/vala-0.52-fix-valagirparser.patch
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/vala-0.52-fix-valagirparser.patch
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Index: vala-0.52.0/vala/valagirparser.c
  					_tmp31_ = _tmp30_;
  					if (g_strcmp0 (_tmp31_, "c:include") == 0) {
  						vala_gir_parser_parse_c_include (self);
-+					} else if (g_strcmp0 (_tmp31_, "doc:format") == 0) {
++					} else if (g_strcmp0 (_tmp30_, "doc:format") == 0) {
 +						vala_gir_parser_skip_element (self);
  					} else {
  						ValaSourceReference* _tmp32_;
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Index: vala-0.52.0/libvaladoc/importer/girdocumentationimporter.c
  					_tmp21_ = _tmp20_;
  					if (g_strcmp0 (_tmp21_, "c:include") == 0) {
  						valadoc_importer_gir_documentation_importer_parse_c_include (self);
-+					} else if (g_strcmp0 (_tmp21_, "doc:format") == 0) {
++					} else if (g_strcmp0 (_tmp20_, "doc:format") == 0) {
 +						valadoc_importer_gir_documentation_importer_skip_element (self);
  					} else {
  						ValaMarkupReader* _tmp22_;