diff --git a/gnu/packages/emacs.scm b/gnu/packages/emacs.scm
index e53525983b..57fe8a9fd4 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/emacs.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/emacs.scm
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
 ;;; Copyright © 2014 Taylan Ulrich Bayirli/Kammer <taylanbayirli@gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
-;;; Copyright © 2014, 2015 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2014, 2015, 2016 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2014, 2015, 2016 Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015 Federico Beffa <beffa@fbengineering.ch>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015, 2016 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
@@ -80,14 +80,14 @@
 (define-public emacs
   (package
     (name "emacs")
-    (version "24.5")
+    (version "25.1")
     (source (origin
              (method url-fetch)
              (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/emacs/emacs-"
                                  version ".tar.xz"))
              (sha256
               (base32
-               "0kn3rzm91qiswi0cql89kbv6mqn27rwsyjfb8xmwy9m5s8fxfiyx"))
+               "0cwgyiyymnx4xdg99dm2drfxcyhy2jmyf0rkr9fwj9mwwf77kwhr"))
              (patches (search-patches "emacs-exec-path.patch"
                                       "emacs-fix-scheme-indent-function.patch"
                                       "emacs-source-date-epoch.patch"))