diff --git a/gnu/packages/text-editors.scm b/gnu/packages/text-editors.scm
index dda8a7adac..2f9708ad1b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/text-editors.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/text-editors.scm
@@ -892,14 +892,14 @@ Octave.  TeXmacs is completely extensible via Guile.")
 (define-public scintilla
   (package
     (name "scintilla")
-    (version "5.0.1")
+    (version "5.1.0")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (let ((v (apply string-append (string-split version #\.))))
               (string-append "https://www.scintilla.org/scintilla" v ".tgz")))
        (sha256
-        (base32 "0w5550fijkhmzvdydd8770qq9dgnbq1sd0a8rn4g6mwyfpcyhbfy"))))
+        (base32 "0figd543inpi00yr6han73qd2fzx99r099vzcbg9mhpzsgxfwz4f"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
      `(#:make-flags (list "GTK3=1" "CC=gcc" "-Cgtk")
@@ -916,8 +916,7 @@ Octave.  TeXmacs is completely extensible via Guile.")
                (for-each (lambda (f) (install-file f lib))
                          (find-files "bin/" "\\.so$"))
                (for-each (lambda (f) (install-file f include))
-                         (find-files "include/" "."))
-               #t))))))
+                         (find-files "include/" "."))))))))
     (native-inputs
      `(("gcc" ,gcc-9)                   ;Code has C++17 requirements
        ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)