diff --git a/depends/packages/zeromq.mk b/depends/packages/zeromq.mk
index d42f13d6a618e..7851bb3f23309 100644
--- a/depends/packages/zeromq.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/zeromq.mk
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 package=zeromq
-$(package)_version=4.2.3
+$(package)_version=4.2.5
 $(package)_download_path=https://github.com/zeromq/libzmq/releases/download/v$($(package)_version)/
 $(package)_file_name=$(package)-$($(package)_version).tar.gz
-$(package)_sha256_hash=8f1e2b2aade4dbfde98d82366d61baef2f62e812530160d2e6d0a5bb24e40bc0
+$(package)_sha256_hash=cc9090ba35713d59bb2f7d7965f877036c49c5558ea0c290b0dcc6f2a17e489f
 
 define $(package)_set_vars
   $(package)_config_opts=--without-docs --disable-shared --disable-curve --disable-curve-keygen --disable-perf --disable-Werror --disable-drafts
diff --git a/doc/zmq.md b/doc/zmq.md
index 2bc8675bd43a2..69a60723901fc 100644
--- a/doc/zmq.md
+++ b/doc/zmq.md
@@ -33,8 +33,10 @@ buffering or reassembly.
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-The ZeroMQ feature in Dash Core requires ZeroMQ API version 4.x or
-newer. Typically, it is packaged by distributions as something like
+The ZeroMQ feature in Dash Core requires the ZeroMQ API >= 4.0.0
+[libzmq](https://github.com/zeromq/libzmq/releases).
+For version information, see [dependencies.md](dependencies.md).
+Typically, it is packaged by distributions as something like
 *libzmq3-dev*. The C++ wrapper for ZeroMQ is *not* needed.
 
 In order to run the example Python client scripts in the `contrib/zmq/`
diff --git a/src/zmq/zmqnotificationinterface.cpp b/src/zmq/zmqnotificationinterface.cpp
index dd66548982aa5..9b78c7adac72b 100644
--- a/src/zmq/zmqnotificationinterface.cpp
+++ b/src/zmq/zmqnotificationinterface.cpp
@@ -84,10 +84,14 @@ CZMQNotificationInterface* CZMQNotificationInterface::Create()
 // Called at startup to conditionally set up ZMQ socket(s)
 bool CZMQNotificationInterface::Initialize()
 {
+    int major = 0, minor = 0, patch = 0;
+    zmq_version(&major, &minor, &patch);
+    LogPrint(BCLog::ZMQ, "zmq: version %d.%d.%d\n", major, minor, patch);
+
     LogPrint(BCLog::ZMQ, "zmq: Initialize notification interface\n");
     assert(!pcontext);
 
-    pcontext = zmq_init(1);
+    pcontext = zmq_ctx_new();
 
     if (!pcontext)
     {
@@ -117,7 +121,7 @@ void CZMQNotificationInterface::Shutdown()
             LogPrint(BCLog::ZMQ, "zmq: Shutdown notifier %s at %s\n", notifier->GetType(), notifier->GetAddress());
             notifier->Shutdown();
         }
-        zmq_ctx_destroy(pcontext);
+        zmq_ctx_term(pcontext);
 
         pcontext = nullptr;
     }