diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
index 6aefdb96d5..8b44392ac0 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
@@ -3581,14 +3581,14 @@ NUMA performance on your system.")
 (define-public kbd
   (package
     (name "kbd")
-    (version "2.4.0")
+    (version "2.5.1")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "mirror://kernel.org/linux/utils/kbd/kbd-"
                                   version ".tar.xz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "17wvrqz2kk0w87idinhyvd31ih1dp7ldfl2yfx7ailygb0279w2m"))
+                "10s608i4blprgy9nynlid0hglfdrrgln6wwjs9rhjf56hwilbpyc"))
               (modules '((guix build utils)))
               (snippet
                '(begin