diff --git a/gnu/packages/kde-frameworks.scm b/gnu/packages/kde-frameworks.scm
index 669ed7c548..147ecd058d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/kde-frameworks.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/kde-frameworks.scm
@@ -1377,16 +1377,16 @@ asynchronous jobs.")
 (define-public knotifications
   (package
     (name "knotifications")
-    (version "5.24.0")
-    (source
-      (origin
-        (method url-fetch)
-        (uri (string-append "mirror://kde/stable/frameworks/"
-                            (version-major+minor version) "/"
-                            name "-" version ".tar.xz"))
-        (sha256
-         (base32
-          "0qryp41phnpx4r9wa6rfhmnzy7nxl0ijnyrafadf2n2xb53ipkpa"))))
+    (version "5.27.0")
+    (source (origin
+              (method url-fetch)
+              (uri (string-append
+                    "mirror://kde/stable/frameworks/"
+                    (version-major+minor version) "/"
+                    name "-" version ".tar.xz"))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "09v122nxfgqjzr2azfn2nh4q9l22i5wnsz9prs0i7s3m7y0d7pxn"))))
     (build-system cmake-build-system)
     (native-inputs
      `(("extra-cmake-modules" ,extra-cmake-modules)
@@ -1404,10 +1404,11 @@ asynchronous jobs.")
      `(#:phases
        (modify-phases %standard-phases
          (add-before 'check 'check-setup
-           (lambda* _
-             (setenv "HOME" (getcwd))))
+           (lambda _
+             (setenv "HOME" (getcwd))
+             #t))
          (replace 'check
-           (lambda* _
+           (lambda _
              (setenv "DBUS_FATAL_WARNINGS" "0")
              (zero? (system* "dbus-launch" "ctest" ".")))))))
     (home-page "https://community.kde.org/Frameworks")