diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 3790204b..4160e39c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 Notmuch 0.31 (UNRELEASED)
 =========================
 
+Emacs
+-----
+
+The minimum supported major version of GNU Emacs is now 25.1.
+
 Notmuch 0.30 (2020-07-10)
 =========================
 
diff --git a/emacs/notmuch-pkg.el.tmpl b/emacs/notmuch-pkg.el.tmpl
index 9d0999c1..85c631de 100644
--- a/emacs/notmuch-pkg.el.tmpl
+++ b/emacs/notmuch-pkg.el.tmpl
@@ -3,5 +3,4 @@
   "notmuch"
   %VERSION%
   "Emacs based front-end (MUA) for notmuch"
-  '((emacs "24")
-    (cl-lib "0.6.1")))
+  '((emacs "25.1")))