diff --git a/gnu/packages/php.scm b/gnu/packages/php.scm
index ab277ed973..1b55cd4eb9 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/php.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/php.scm
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 (define-public php
   (package
     (name "php")
-    (version "7.1.4")
+    (version "7.1.5")
     (home-page "https://secure.php.net/")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
                                   name "-" version ".tar.xz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "02rh1lcfj2hakyls73gwn6w00yblnfh4883w13gn7sgkmn346lbi"))
+                "1b7njiqgy66ga5c8wsm78mqqjr7lj3hlpwbbvksi2mn4jv1s6jfi"))
               (modules '((guix build utils)))
               (snippet
                '(with-directory-excursion "ext"
@@ -169,12 +169,6 @@
                             "ext/standard/tests/general_functions/proc_open.phpt")
                (("/bin/cat") (which "cat")))
 
-             ;; These tests fail because they include a file whose modification
-             ;; time is 0. Touch them to make the test pass. The issue is reported
-             ;; upstream as #74137.
-             (utime "sapi/phpdbg/tests/include.inc" 1 1)
-             (utime "sapi/phpdbg/tests/phpdbg_get_executable_stream_wrapper.inc" 1 1)
-
              ;; The encoding of this file is not recognized, so we simply drop it.
              (delete-file "ext/mbstring/tests/mb_send_mail07.phpt")