diff --git a/srcpkgs/stellarium/patches/system-md4c.patch b/srcpkgs/stellarium/patches/system-md4c.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d4a1fd8b61f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/stellarium/patches/system-md4c.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -847,12 +847,6 @@
+      ENDIF()
+ ENDIF()
+
+-CPMAddPackage(NAME md4c
+-              URL https://github.com/mity/md4c/archive/refs/tags/release-0.4.8.tar.gz
+-              URL_HASH SHA256=4a457df853425b6bb6e3457aa1d1a13bccec587a04c38c622b1013a0da41439f
+-              EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL yes
+-              OPTIONS "BUILD_MD2HTML_EXECUTABLE OFF")
+-
+ ########### Set some global variables ###########
+ IF(UNIX AND NOT WIN32)
+      IF(APPLE)
diff --git a/srcpkgs/stellarium/template b/srcpkgs/stellarium/template
index 534fea2e2cf..a5737b65b52 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/stellarium/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/stellarium/template
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 # Template file for 'stellarium'
 pkgname=stellarium
-version=24.4
-revision=2
+version=25.1
+revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DENABLE_SHOWMYSKY=Off -DUSE_PLUGIN_TELESCOPECONTROL=NO"
 hostmakedepends="perl qt5-qmake qt5-host-tools gettext"
 makedepends="qt5-location-devel qt5-multimedia-devel qt5-script-devel
  qt5-serialport-devel qt5-tools-devel qt5-charts-devel qt5-webchannel-devel
- qt5-webengine-devel QXlsx exiv2-devel nlopt-devel"
+ qt5-webengine-devel QXlsx exiv2-devel nlopt-devel libmd4c-devel"
 depends="desktop-file-utils"
 short_desc="Open Source Planetarium"
 maintainer="Andrew Benson <abenson+void@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://stellarium.org/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/Stellarium/stellarium/archive/refs/tags/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=919a7a3cd89ca30c4e8b598050c1354212d37e1a61de333f795294a7c9958ba2
+checksum=0be64254de691c6e89afc5b7a0ed884e6b3feb6cbc06eefc71bcdb7291061dea
 replaces="stellarium-data>=0"