diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/stella.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/stella.nix
index 651173533abf..e36960b809c7 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 = "0-unstable-2025-12-28";
+  version = "0-unstable-2026-01-01";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "stella-emu";
     repo = "stella";
-    rev = "7f62c3e1390f629cbd56cbb5172f7e2143b30440";
-    hash = "sha256-IMrqBu7beSuJNfl2pyzRm5yExXaMkl+si0YVDeRbAcU=";
+    rev = "6efad98f0058e803ac675ead6dbe33c054db1492";
+    hash = "sha256-iwGDxd+xrxGgLZF9896OaYMMCo573l9lbnSZgNstHOQ=";
   };
 
   makefile = "Makefile";