diff --git a/gnu/packages/base.scm b/gnu/packages/base.scm
index aec8d8949c..5bf27c9ef1 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/base.scm
@@ -312,14 +312,14 @@ change.  GNU make offers many powerful extensions over the standard utility.")
 (define-public binutils
   (package
    (name "binutils")
-   (version "2.24")
+   (version "2.25")
    (source (origin
             (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/binutils/binutils-"
                                 version ".tar.bz2"))
             (sha256
              (base32
-              "0ds1y7qa0xqihw4ihnsgg6bxanmb228r228ddvwzgrv4jszcbs75"))
+              "08r9i26b05zcwb9zxb6zllpfdiiicdfsgbpsjlrjmvx3rxjzrpi2"))
             (patches (list (search-patch "binutils-ld-new-dtags.patch")
                            (search-patch "binutils-loongson-workaround.patch")))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)