diff --git a/core/file/PKGBUILD b/core/file/PKGBUILD
index f0e4450fb..8667882b5 100644
--- a/core/file/PKGBUILD
+++ b/core/file/PKGBUILD
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 #  - configure with --disable-libseccomp
 
 pkgname=file
-pkgver=5.44
-pkgrel=3
+pkgver=5.45
+pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc='File type identification utility'
 arch=('x86_64')
 license=('custom')
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ provides=('libmagic.so')
 options=('!emptydirs')
 source=("https://astron.com/pub/$pkgname/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz"{,.asc})
 validpgpkeys=('BE04995BA8F90ED0C0C176C471112AB16CB33B3A') # Christos Zoulas
-sha256sums=('3751c7fba8dbc831cb8d7cc8aff21035459b8ce5155ef8b0880a27d028475f3b'
+sha256sums=('fc97f51029bb0e2c9f4e3bffefdaf678f0e039ee872b9de5c002a6d09c784d82'
             'SKIP')
 
 prepare() {