diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/systemtap/systemtap-uprobes_git.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/systemtap/systemtap-uprobes_git.bb
index 3d35481bdc..f0838bb4f9 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/systemtap/systemtap-uprobes_git.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/systemtap/systemtap-uprobes_git.bb
@@ -40,3 +40,4 @@ do_install() {
 		install -m 0644 ${S}/runtime/uprobes/uprobes.ko ${D}${datadir}/systemtap/runtime/uprobes/
 	fi
 }
+
diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/systemtap/systemtap/0001-release-date-fix.patch b/meta/recipes-kernel/systemtap/systemtap/0001-release-date-fix.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 3dcb369ec3..0000000000
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/systemtap/systemtap/0001-release-date-fix.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-From ebb424eee5599fcc131901c0d82d0bfc0d2f57ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: "Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche@redhat.com>
-Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2023 13:51:27 -0400
-Subject: [PATCH] release date fix
-
-Upstream-Status: Backport
----
- NEWS           | 2 +-
- systemtap.spec | 2 +-
- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
-index 695bc990c..46859e304 100644
---- a/NEWS
-+++ b/NEWS
-@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
--* What's new in version 4.9, 2023-04-27
-+* What's new in version 4.9, 2023-04-28
- 
- - ISystemtap: the new interactive systemtap jupyter kernel. This provides
-   a simple GUI for writing/running Systemtap scripts in an easy, incremental
-diff --git a/systemtap.spec b/systemtap.spec
-index 59814f112..fd8023264 100644
---- a/systemtap.spec
-+++ b/systemtap.spec
-@@ -1307,7 +1307,7 @@ exit 0
- 
- # PRERELEASE
- %changelog
--* Thu Apr 27 2023 Frank Ch. Eigler <fche@redhat.com> - 4.9-1
-+* Fri Apr 28 2023 Frank Ch. Eigler <fche@redhat.com> - 4.9-1
- - Upstream release, see wiki page below for detailed notes.
-   https://sourceware.org/systemtap/wiki/SystemTapReleases
- 
--- 
-2.40.1
-
diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/systemtap/systemtap_git.inc b/meta/recipes-kernel/systemtap/systemtap_git.inc
index de3750ff04..1ebbdbf16e 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/systemtap/systemtap_git.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/systemtap/systemtap_git.inc
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=b234ee4d69f5fce4486a80fdaf4a4263"
-SRCREV = "418f0a45ca4473491385b5c7eef777607bbdb3b7"
-PV = "4.9"
+SRCREV = "e72dc118e563c645d93a1a2d771e8d90e8fec1ae"
+PV = "5.0"
 
 SRC_URI = "git://sourceware.org/git/systemtap.git;branch=master;protocol=https \
            file://0001-Do-not-let-configure-write-a-python-location-into-th.patch \
            file://0001-Install-python-modules-to-correct-library-dir.patch \
            file://0001-staprun-stapbpf-don-t-support-installing-a-non-root.patch \
-           file://0001-release-date-fix.patch \
            "
 
 COMPATIBLE_HOST = '(x86_64|i.86|powerpc|arm|aarch64|microblazeel|mips|riscv64).*-linux'