diff --git a/gnu/packages/kde-frameworks.scm b/gnu/packages/kde-frameworks.scm
index e77ff33473..c94e0d0811 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/kde-frameworks.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/kde-frameworks.scm
@@ -2076,16 +2076,16 @@ in applications using the KDE Frameworks.")
 (define-public kinit
   (package
     (name "kinit")
-    (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
-         "1i7l6gid5hrrfglw1c461gpjg51dwz7cl4lx7ll8vz2ha8mz4d3n"))))
+    (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
+                "0sbpl1sp1ajarjmnvx2l3dr09afsay28kp2sf4yacrm4lrmhwzip"))))
     (build-system cmake-build-system)
     (native-inputs
      `(("extra-cmake-modules" ,extra-cmake-modules)))