diff --git a/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm
index 3ae282cad2..71845c80b9 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm
@@ -41778,14 +41778,14 @@ information about the resources and format it as a bibtex entry.")
 (define-public emacs-persist
   (package
     (name "emacs-persist")
-    (version "0.6.1")
+    (version "0.7")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (string-append "https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/"
                            "persist-" version ".tar"))
        (sha256
-        (base32 "1a7lls81q247mbkcnifmsva16cfjjma6yihxmj5zrj8ac774z9j3"))))
+        (base32 "0g38vf4a4f4b8cp35qc7pwzj1qwrnw6dd6mc83mrjs35fx43lpjn"))))
     (build-system emacs-build-system)
     (home-page "https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/persist.html")
     (synopsis "Persist variables between Emacs sessions")