diff --git a/gnu/packages/emacs.scm b/gnu/packages/emacs.scm
index 0dae80867f..15b23ee407 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/emacs.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/emacs.scm
@@ -3351,7 +3351,7 @@ Dust.js, React/JSX, Angularjs, ejs, etc.")
 (define-public emacs-helm
   (package
     (name "emacs-helm")
-    (version "2.7.0")
+    (version "2.7.1")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append
@@ -3360,7 +3360,7 @@ Dust.js, React/JSX, Angularjs, ejs, etc.")
               (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "1scdirpclgq3pi1j2c90gqaaqg1pgvasp98f4jqw8c5xbqcr7jdw"))))
+                "0pay8pi3fszykgskfbxsp4byad497cgfz4m886mxnkba1naxf6h7"))))
     (build-system emacs-build-system)
     (propagated-inputs
      `(("emacs-async" ,emacs-async)