diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/stella.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/stella.nix
index 8c06be0d9b0f..29fe66e82530 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/stella.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/stella.nix
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
 }:
 mkLibretroCore {
   core = "stella";
-  version = "7.0-unstable-2024-12-09";
+  version = "7.0-unstable-2024-12-18";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "stella-emu";
     repo = "stella";
-    rev = "91417312f1a756a1dac88d1df1cecc7362ff7a44";
-    hash = "sha256-e8b9kCsa5FxyMExqppCX1jE0YmK1T1n8fORBBSvyE54=";
+    rev = "dacf66131c938635a7017de364ba999ebbb35bb7";
+    hash = "sha256-X6haV9SKQn2lnWs5kcNePP9wfz3G3yq/rEIGiPiBTOY=";
   };
 
   makefile = "Makefile";