diff --git a/package/zic/0001-remove-dependency-check-on-version-file.patch b/package/zic/0001-remove-dependency-check-on-version-file.patch
index 1eb1074c31..81190ba493 100644
--- a/package/zic/0001-remove-dependency-check-on-version-file.patch
+++ b/package/zic/0001-remove-dependency-check-on-version-file.patch
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
 index 0087b459..4773a977 100644
 --- a/Makefile
 +++ b/Makefile
-@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ INSTALL:	ALL install date.1
+@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ INSTALL:	ALL install date.1
  # Otherwise, use $(VERSION) unless it is "unknown" and there is already
  # a 'version' file, in which case reuse the existing 'version' contents
  # and append "-dirty" if the contents do not already end in "-dirty".
diff --git a/package/zic/zic.hash b/package/zic/zic.hash
index 124b724e6e..9e89aad23a 100644
--- a/package/zic/zic.hash
+++ b/package/zic/zic.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# https://lists.iana.org/hyperkitty/list/tz-announce@iana.org/thread/IZ7AO6WRE3W3TWBL5IR6PMQUL433BQIE/
-sha512  0e4e872d6c6d9e2ce8c4e567fcbb7658942b8544157d1e48673d9cb989f3af3379fa58e7a71ab98f4a8f2ac6727de1f8c4cd1981053409ebd8989345dc640026  tzcode2024b.tar.gz
+# https://lists.iana.org/hyperkitty/list/tz-announce@iana.org/thread/MWII7R3HMCEDNUCIYQKSSTYYR7UWK4OQ/
+sha512  308f6a3d6ebfa18446f8296e5c799e18dccecd79ace3ba004d3f233892c7428faae152b217b22d229c59dd4e0faafee797d8b3583b58fa982b81f7cc7347f502  tzcode2025a.tar.gz
 # Locally computed:
 sha256  0613408568889f5739e5ae252b722a2659c02002839ad970a63dc5e9174b27cf  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/zic/zic.mk b/package/zic/zic.mk
index 9382fa4187..71454d4fe0 100644
--- a/package/zic/zic.mk
+++ b/package/zic/zic.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-ZIC_VERSION = 2024b
+ZIC_VERSION = 2025a
 ZIC_SOURCE = tzcode$(ZIC_VERSION).tar.gz
 ZIC_SITE = https://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases
 ZIC_STRIP_COMPONENTS = 0