diff --git a/srcpkgs/rpi-eeprom/patches/default-editor.patch b/srcpkgs/rpi-eeprom/patches/default-editor.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1f762e3b27a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/rpi-eeprom/patches/default-editor.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+vi is a much better "default" editor for void, as it is shipped in base-system,
+unlike nano
+
+--- a/rpi-eeprom-config
++++ b/rpi-eeprom-config
+@@ -184,8 +184,8 @@
+     """
+     Implements something like 'git commit' for editing EEPROM configs.
+     """
+-    # Default to nano if $EDITOR is not defined.
+-    editor = 'nano'
++    # Default to vi if $EDITOR is not defined.
++    editor = 'vi'
+     if 'EDITOR' in os.environ:
+         editor = os.environ['EDITOR']
+ 
+@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@
+ 
+    To cancel the pending update run 'sudo rpi-eeprom-update -r'
+ 
+-   The default text editor is nano and may be overridden by setting the 'EDITOR'
++   The default text editor is vi and may be overridden by setting the 'EDITOR'
+    environment variable and passing '-E' to 'sudo' to preserve the environment.
+ 
+ 6. Signing the bootloader config file.
diff --git a/srcpkgs/rpi-eeprom/template b/srcpkgs/rpi-eeprom/template
index b7097e52cfd..abf5aac6462 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/rpi-eeprom/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/rpi-eeprom/template
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Template file for 'rpi-eeprom'
 pkgname=rpi-eeprom
-version=2024.12.19
+version=2025.01.06
 revision=1
-_githash=f02f0eaf4e681a618fad55e5cc09d4306a82ac47
+_githash=888e374d47947d7d32b00ebc4f8d4b4f85320fa7
 archs="aarch64* armv7l*"
 conf_files="/etc/default/rpi-eeprom-update"
 hostmakedepends="help2man python3"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 license="BSD-3-Clause, custom:Proprietary"
 homepage="https://github.com/raspberrypi/rpi-eeprom/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/raspberrypi/rpi-eeprom/archive/${_githash}.tar.gz"
-checksum=ebeb826dfeb30ebebab290988a1623ab22b099da47e985dd0180a270a714de39
+checksum=171eb73d52dda2df7ce5184fd7cbe71ad7dfe491d14e0c40d5162066002a05af
 python_version=3
 repository=nonfree