diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/dns/cli.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/dns/cli.nix
index 0c423b51db86..1bc6e756e8c2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/dns/cli.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/dns/cli.nix
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@
 buildDunePackage {
   pname = "dns-cli";
 
-  minimalOCamlVersion = "4.08";
-
   inherit (dns) version src;
 
   # no need to propagate as this is primarily
diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/dns/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/dns/default.nix
index af6f114043ba..3df6ed7dc2ff 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/dns/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/dns/default.nix
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@
 
 buildDunePackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "dns";
-  version = "10.2.4";
+  version = "10.2.5";
 
   minimalOCamlVersion = "4.13";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://github.com/mirage/ocaml-dns/releases/download/v${finalAttrs.version}/dns-${finalAttrs.version}.tbz";
-    hash = "sha256-2FLRXKL1jbVzZ5vxhoh0VgC5Epbi5USGYJhp1mbz0S8=";
+    hash = "sha256-I68JGm5MEzIrf5CUV35tct/NXiPE7AD6NSDttP+fX+8=";
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [