diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9b7490466..80842de14 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,6 +37,3 @@ members = [
   "examples/tls",
   "examples/fairings",
 ]
-
-[patch.crates-io]
-ring = { git = "https://github.com/SergioBenitez/ring", branch = "v0.11" }
diff --git a/lib/build.rs b/lib/build.rs
index 86e7ad5ae..00110ab57 100644
--- a/lib/build.rs
+++ b/lib/build.rs
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ use yansi::Color::{Red, Yellow, Blue, White};
 use version_check::{supports_features, is_min_version, is_min_date};
 
 // Specifies the minimum nightly version needed to compile Rocket.
-const MIN_DATE: &'static str = "2017-11-07";
-const MIN_VERSION: &'static str = "1.23.0-nightly";
+const MIN_DATE: &'static str = "2018-01-12";
+const MIN_VERSION: &'static str = "1.25.0-nightly";
 
 fn main() {
     let ok_channel = supports_features();