diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-06-28-21-16-51.bpo-40874.YImvzA.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-06-28-21-16-51.bpo-40874.YImvzA.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a43eab8f4dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-06-28-21-16-51.bpo-40874.YImvzA.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+The decimal module now requires libmpdec-2.5.0.
diff --git a/Modules/_decimal/_decimal.c b/Modules/_decimal/_decimal.c
index 20ba8fb77ad..ff7c647c222 100644
--- a/Modules/_decimal/_decimal.c
+++ b/Modules/_decimal/_decimal.c
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@
 #include "docstrings.h"
 
 
-#if !defined(MPD_VERSION_HEX) || MPD_VERSION_HEX < 0x02040100
-  #error "libmpdec version >= 2.4.1 required"
+#if !defined(MPD_VERSION_HEX) || MPD_VERSION_HEX < 0x02050000
+  #error "libmpdec version >= 2.5.0 required"
 #endif