diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index f6cfed7519..2deb32b668 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ repos:
       exclude: '^(.typos.toml|src/SmithWaterman.cc|testing/.*|auxil/.*|scripts/base/frameworks/files/magic/.*|CHANGES|scripts/base/protocols/ssl/mozilla-ca-list.zeek)$'
 
 - repo: https://github.com/bbannier/spicy-format
-  rev: v0.22.0
+  rev: v0.23.0
   hooks:
     - id: spicy-format
       # TODO: Reformat existing large analyzers just before 8.0.
diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 4fbe8c7095..1c1f4d7ba7 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+7.1.0-rc1.4 | 2025-01-06 08:16:36 -0700
+
+  * Bump spicy-format pre-commit hook (Benjamin Bannier, Corelight)
+
+  * Bump auxil/spicy to latest release (Benjamin Bannier, Corelight)
+
 7.1.0-rc1.1 | 2024-12-16 13:02:12 -0700
 
   * ZAM/relexpr-op NE for patterns (Vern Paxson, Corelight)
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 490966df74..8dae3e3f7e 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-7.1.0-rc1.1
+7.1.0-rc1.4
diff --git a/auxil/spicy b/auxil/spicy
index d59f2458a4..0e1959acae 160000
--- a/auxil/spicy
+++ b/auxil/spicy
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit d59f2458a480d5bd5d66810aa77f1918e94bb244
+Subproject commit 0e1959acaeb17eceeeb2f03e9c2f8b9240c785e1