diff --git a/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm
index 4023c6b68d2fe44ade0a1aa58899a09bee7a71cc..c8cd3a7ed527814cb67b239c75ab64375d848974 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm
@@ -1393,7 +1393,7 @@ (define-public emacs-calfw
 (define-public emacs-direnv
   (package
     (name "emacs-direnv")
-    (version "1.2.0")
+    (version "1.5.0")
     (source
      (origin
        (method git-fetch)
@@ -1403,7 +1403,7 @@ (define-public emacs-direnv
        (file-name (git-file-name name version))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "172jyl8v4zy9bbha8nndq63x8svn9xqkafkj3q17z289na8iaylh"))))
+         "02blhinkkfh3iai6j1k5swplf5mkwijy3p7wy38rnd1gnyj2z4la"))))
     (build-system emacs-build-system)
     (propagated-inputs
      `(("dash" ,emacs-dash)