diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9056261..883e903 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@
 /bitcoin-24.0.1.tar.gz
 /bitcoin-24.1.tar.gz
 /bitcoin-25.0.tar.gz
+/bitcoin-25.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8a25139..ff8bb8a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ The bitcoin-core package.
 
 ## Preparing a new update
 
-Perform the following steps to prepare the update to a new version. The sample commands below are performed with version 24.0.
+Perform the following steps to prepare the update to a new version. The sample commands below are performed with version 25.0.
 
 Generic package update steps:
 
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ $ rm -f bitcoin-core-*.tar.gz SHA256SUMS*
 $ rpmdev-bumpspec -D -c "Update to 25.0." -n 25.0 bitcoin-core.spec
 
 $ spectool -g bitcoin-core.spec
-Downloading: https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-24.0/bitcoin-24.0.tar.gz
+Downloading: https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-25.0/bitcoin-25.0.tar.gz
 100% of  10.9 MiB |#######################################################| Elapsed Time: 0:00:01 Time:  0:00:01
-Downloaded: bitcoin-24.0.tar.gz
-Downloading: https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-24.0/SHA256SUMS.asc
+Downloaded: bitcoin-25.0.tar.gz
+Downloading: https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-25.0/SHA256SUMS.asc
 100% of  10.3 KiB |#######################################################| Elapsed Time: 0:00:00 Time:  0:00:00
 Downloaded: SHA256SUMS.asc
-Downloading: https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-24.0/SHA256SUMS
+Downloading: https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-25.0/SHA256SUMS
 100% of   2.8 KiB |#######################################################| Elapsed Time: 0:00:00 Time:  0:00:00
 Downloaded: SHA256SUMS
 Downloading: https://download.oracle.com/berkeley-db/db-4.8.30.NC.tar.gz
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ File '/home/slaanesh/workspace/fedora/bitcoin-core/db-4.8.30.NC.tar.gz' already
 ```
 When uploading sources, make sure the DB tarball is included even if it has not changed as otherwise will not be available in the Koji build root:
 ```
-$ fedpkg new-sources bitcoin-24.0.tar.gz SHA256SUMS SHA256SUMS.asc db-4.8.30.NC.tar.gz
+$ fedpkg new-sources bitcoin-25.0.tar.gz SHA256SUMS SHA256SUMS.asc db-4.8.30.NC.tar.gz
 File already uploaded: db-4.8.30.NC.tar.gz
-Uploading: bitcoin-24.0.tar.gz
+Uploading: bitcoin-25.0.tar.gz
 ######################################################################## 100.0%
 Uploading: SHA256SUMS
 ######################################################################## 100.0%
diff --git a/bitcoin-core.spec b/bitcoin-core.spec
index 450f529..e4a4da3 100644
--- a/bitcoin-core.spec
+++ b/bitcoin-core.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 %bcond_with extended_tests
 
 Name:       bitcoin-core
-Version:    25.0
+Version:    25.1
 Release:    1%{?dist}
 Summary:    Peer to Peer Cryptographic Currency
 License:    MIT
@@ -57,13 +57,17 @@ BuildRequires:  checkpolicy
 BuildRequires:  desktop-file-utils
 BuildRequires:  gnupg2
 BuildRequires:  libappstream-glib
+BuildRequires:  libnatpmp-devel
 BuildRequires:  libtool
 BuildRequires:  miniupnpc-devel
 BuildRequires:  procps-ng
+%if 0%{?rhel} == 8
+BuildRequires:  python3.11
+%else
 BuildRequires:  python3
-BuildRequires:  python3-zmq
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libevent) >= 2.0.21
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libevent_pthreads) >= 2.0.21
+%endif
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libevent) >= 2.1.8
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libevent_pthreads) >= 2.1.8
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libqrencode)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libzmq) >= 4
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(sqlite3) >= 3.7.17
@@ -154,7 +158,7 @@ need this package.
 
 # Bundled script to verify release signatures using offline pubring:
 cp %{SOURCE4} .
-contrib/verify-binaries/verify.py bin %{SOURCE2}
+contrib/verify-binaries/verify.py --min-good-sigs 3 bin %{SOURCE2} %{SOURCE0}
 
 # Check the hash of the tarball, not in the same folder where we are now:
 grep -q $(sha256sum %{SOURCE0}) %{SOURCE2}
@@ -336,6 +340,14 @@ exit 0
 %{_userunitdir}/%{project_name}.service
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Oct 20 2023 Simone Caronni <negativo17@gmail.com> - 25.1-1
+- Update to 25.1.
+
+* Fri Aug 11 2023 Simone Caronni <negativo17@gmail.com> - 25.0-2
+- Adjust verify script invocation.
+- Fix build on el8.
+- Drop unused build requirement.
+
 * Tue May 30 2023 Simone Caronni <negativo17@gmail.com> - 25.0-1
 - Update to 25.0.
 - Update verification of signatures to use the new bundled script.
diff --git a/bitcoin-offline-pubring.gpg b/bitcoin-offline-pubring.gpg
index 68262ad..86370d2 100644
Binary files a/bitcoin-offline-pubring.gpg and b/bitcoin-offline-pubring.gpg differ
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 0de1a56..071a0ef 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-SHA512 (bitcoin-25.0.tar.gz) = 2be57fc760fa12d291dcf946522838b2e791e24e5dd98de20b5b72af2269269a66539c5bddce590e6cdb6464fd5ecb530cf549edc188ee6f08b4365fdcf850a2
-SHA512 (SHA256SUMS) = 55e5f88ff7493366c490cad5e6a5849db74ee5cef1705dd28c69b23e925a8b6f599ad84154602c6bb9a28feebc7edf4821ea82b717096aa200b66b5d3b0c133c
-SHA512 (SHA256SUMS.asc) = bbd571f5492d685d2ea7eb5acc32671c632e23fd1285aa91227d7810471bc14aecdf02164cde0e50e8b174efa77f66630996f1ea61416467dcd55235093ed009
+SHA512 (bitcoin-25.1.tar.gz) = 310e5d976a062496d2b99d0e64c4d5d2b536a747901e887f85b75151d94237f0de800163b534c812d390eb5e93b3f7284cd7f71843ec35e891f34634b6b142ab
+SHA512 (SHA256SUMS) = 193154587f3f12dcc09cf1e0dd43abce8fcc7e0bdb5fc44c45469e6aefa196f3deaa67302f651b68ddabfd5e60e8c73a181cb88c84129dbb8937c2acdc7fbb94
+SHA512 (SHA256SUMS.asc) = 11328411025da2a15b9b758441b12e9b317eb7f8bcd2eb5a172fd56f4f512610fa6cbdac59d5bbe8d4c9253164154241515a9357a47f5239861e1d180fd0a7b5
 SHA512 (db-4.8.30.NC.tar.gz) = 8d313f1f896e0b0c05cc510c0313324743de3fb660a0bd948c957d5a2d50f1625d8a9a36ec4e6fea09daf1d682dbe1ffccd5c3ec5f066eef72f7525343d0194c