diff --git a/package/libretro-gearcoleco/0001-fix-bios-path-and-name.patch b/package/libretro-gearcoleco/0001-fix-bios-path-and-name.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..37e772cfc5dfd33b5dfd4279739b88f09098b78c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libretro-gearcoleco/0001-fix-bios-path-and-name.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+diff --git a/platforms/libretro/libretro.cpp b/platforms/libretro/libretro.cpp
+index 364b28e..7f39e38 100644
+--- a/platforms/libretro/libretro.cpp
++++ b/platforms/libretro/libretro.cpp
+@@ -302,9 +302,14 @@ static void load_bootroms(void)
+ {
+     char bios_path[4113];
+ 
+-    snprintf(bios_path, 4113, "%s%ccolecovision.rom", retro_system_directory, slash);
++    snprintf(bios_path, 4113, "%s%c%s%cboot.rom", retro_system_directory, slash, "coleco", slash);
+ 
+     core->GetMemory()->LoadBios(bios_path);
++    if (!core->GetMemory()->IsBiosLoaded())
++    {
++      log_cb(RETRO_LOG_ERROR, "bios/coleco/boot.rom not found! Aborting...\n");
++      abort();
++    }
+ }
+ 
+ static void update_input(void)
diff --git a/package/libretro-gearcoleco/libretro-gearcoleco-0000-fix-bios-path-and-name.patch b/package/libretro-gearcoleco/libretro-gearcoleco-0000-fix-bios-path-and-name.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 5a1a7504cc0f068f3b8105570d1f87a655f706d8..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/package/libretro-gearcoleco/libretro-gearcoleco-0000-fix-bios-path-and-name.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/platforms/libretro/libretro.cpp b/platforms/libretro/libretro.cpp
-index 70b529e..e543b27 100644
---- a/platforms/libretro/libretro.cpp
-+++ b/platforms/libretro/libretro.cpp
-@@ -249,11 +249,12 @@ void retro_set_video_refresh(retro_video_refresh_t cb)
- 
- static void load_bootroms(void)
- {
--    char bios_path[4113];
--
--    sprintf(bios_path, "%s%ccolecovision.rom", retro_system_directory, slash);
--
--    core->GetMemory()->LoadBios(bios_path);
-+    core->GetMemory()->LoadBios("/recalbox/share/bios/coleco/boot.rom");
-+    if (!core->GetMemory()->IsBiosLoaded())
-+    {
-+      log_cb(RETRO_LOG_ERROR, "bios/coleco/boot.rom not found! Aborting...\n");
-+      abort();
-+    }
- }
- 
- static void update_input(void)
diff --git a/package/libretro-gearcoleco/libretro-gearcoleco.mk b/package/libretro-gearcoleco/libretro-gearcoleco.mk
index 3320a74ddce759f89fca7ba40f80e0986f3209cb..0477e2059336ab68908ea47639cf1eeb2d7209f4 100644
--- a/package/libretro-gearcoleco/libretro-gearcoleco.mk
+++ b/package/libretro-gearcoleco/libretro-gearcoleco.mk
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-# Commit of 2023/08/23
-LIBRETRO_GEARCOLECO_VERSION = cc7c19c776a12d149c2c935e2198ddad15f22f54
+# Commit of 2025/12/21
+LIBRETRO_GEARCOLECO_VERSION = b088afa8b5949f3d039edfea3222497cd08afbbe
 LIBRETRO_GEARCOLECO_SITE = $(call gitlab,recalbox,packages/libretro/Gearcoleco,$(LIBRETRO_GEARCOLECO_VERSION))
 LIBRETRO_GEARCOLECO_LICENSE = GPL-3.0
 LIBRETRO_GEARCOLECO_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ define LIBRETRO_GEARCOLECO_BUILD_CMDS
 	CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS) $(COMPILER_COMMONS_CFLAGS_SO)" \
 		CXXFLAGS="$(TARGET_CXXFLAGS) $(COMPILER_COMMONS_CXXFLAGS_SO)" \
 		LDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS) $(COMPILER_COMMONS_LDFLAGS_SO)" \
-		$(MAKE) CXX="$(TARGET_CXX)" CC="$(TARGET_CC)" -C $(@D)/platforms/libretro -f Makefile platform="unix"
+		$(MAKE) CXX="$(TARGET_CXX)" CC="$(TARGET_CC)" -C $(@D)/platforms/libretro -f Makefile platform="unix" \
+		GIT_VERSION="$(shell echo $(LIBRETRO_GEARCOLECO_VERSION) | cut -c 1-8)"
 endef
 
 define LIBRETRO_GEARCOLECO_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS