diff --git a/cpython-unix/build-cpython.sh b/cpython-unix/build-cpython.sh
index 6d8a5cde6..afef8b0db 100755
--- a/cpython-unix/build-cpython.sh
+++ b/cpython-unix/build-cpython.sh
@@ -314,11 +314,6 @@ if [ -n "${PYTHON_MEETS_MINIMUM_VERSION_3_12}" ]; then
     patch -p1 -i ${ROOT}/patch-test-embed-prevent-segfault.patch
 fi
 
-# Same as above but for an additional set of tests introduced in 3.14.
-if [ -n "${PYTHON_MEETS_MINIMUM_VERSION_3_14}" ]; then
-    patch -p1 -i ${ROOT}/patch-test-embed-prevent-segfault-3.14.patch
-fi
-
 # Most bits look at CFLAGS. But setup.py only looks at CPPFLAGS.
 # So we need to set both.
 CFLAGS="${EXTRA_TARGET_CFLAGS} -fPIC -I${TOOLS_PATH}/deps/include -I${TOOLS_PATH}/deps/include/ncursesw"
diff --git a/cpython-unix/patch-test-embed-prevent-segfault-3.14.patch b/cpython-unix/patch-test-embed-prevent-segfault-3.14.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d5144086b..000000000
--- a/cpython-unix/patch-test-embed-prevent-segfault-3.14.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/Lib/test/test_embed.py b/Lib/test/test_embed.py
-index 7110fb889f3..1b55cd156d7 100644
---- a/Lib/test/test_embed.py
-+++ b/Lib/test/test_embed.py
-@@ -940,6 +940,7 @@ def check_all_configs(self, testname, expected_config=None,
-         self.check_global_config(configs)
-         return configs
- 
-+    @unittest.skipIf(support.check_bolt_optimized, "segfaults on BOLT instrumented binaries")
-     def test_init_default_config(self):
-         self.check_all_configs("test_init_initialize_config", api=API_COMPAT)
- 
-@@ -1039,6 +1040,7 @@ def test_init_from_config(self):
-         self.check_all_configs("test_init_from_config", config, preconfig,
-                                api=API_COMPAT)
- 
-+    @unittest.skipIf(support.check_bolt_optimized, "segfaults on BOLT instrumented binaries")
-     def test_init_compat_env(self):
-         preconfig = {
-             'allocator': ALLOCATOR_FOR_CONFIG,
-@@ -1074,6 +1076,7 @@ def test_init_compat_env(self):
-         self.check_all_configs("test_init_compat_env", config, preconfig,
-                                api=API_COMPAT)
- 
-+    @unittest.skipIf(support.check_bolt_optimized, "segfaults on BOLT instrumented binaries")
-     def test_init_python_env(self):
-         preconfig = {
-             'allocator': ALLOCATOR_FOR_CONFIG,
-@@ -1772,6 +1775,7 @@ def test_init_set_config(self):
-         self.check_all_configs("test_init_set_config", config,
-                                api=API_ISOLATED)
- 
-+    @unittest.skipIf(support.check_bolt_optimized, "segfaults on BOLT instrumented binaries")
-     def test_initconfig_api(self):
-         preconfig = {
-             'configure_locale': True,
diff --git a/pythonbuild/downloads.py b/pythonbuild/downloads.py
index 0a723aa9f..cfea47459 100644
--- a/pythonbuild/downloads.py
+++ b/pythonbuild/downloads.py
@@ -80,10 +80,10 @@
         "python_tag": "cp313",
     },
     "cpython-3.14": {
-        "url": "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.14.0/Python-3.14.0a4.tar.xz",
-        "size": 22798932,
-        "sha256": "c24f07881873c1d460228795ca6ca8c99130e30c773c91463d30d7ea8ff0e70b",
-        "version": "3.14.0a4",
+        "url": "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.14.0/Python-3.14.0a5.tar.xz",
+        "size": 22859900,
+        "sha256": "74e83f26de1e4fb9eef1b56492cff92508834bb71ac13f5c580438ce9f093682",
+        "version": "3.14.0a5",
         "licenses": ["Python-2.0", "CNRI-Python"],
         "license_file": "LICENSE.cpython.txt",
         "python_tag": "cp314",