diff --git a/gnu/packages/xml.scm b/gnu/packages/xml.scm
index c516f3986f..40aafcffb9 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/xml.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/xml.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2013, 2015 Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015 Eric Bavier <bavier@member.fsf.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015 Sou Bunnbu <iyzsong@gmail.com>
@@ -906,14 +906,14 @@ XSL-T processor.  It also performs any necessary post-processing.")
 (define-public xmlsec
   (package
     (name "xmlsec")
-    (version "1.2.20")
+    (version "1.2.25")
     (source (origin
              (method url-fetch)
              (uri (string-append "https://www.aleksey.com/xmlsec/download/"
                                  name "1-" version ".tar.gz"))
              (sha256
               (base32
-               "01bkbv2y3x8d1sf4dcln1x3y2jyj391s3208d9a2ndhglly5j89j"))))
+               "1lpwj8dxwhha54sby0v5axjk79h56jnhjjiwiasbbk15vwzahz4n"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (propagated-inputs ; according to xmlsec1.pc
      `(("libxml2" ,libxml2)