diff --git a/core/file/PKGBUILD b/core/file/PKGBUILD
index 24efdb7ff..11b226588 100644
--- a/core/file/PKGBUILD
+++ b/core/file/PKGBUILD
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #  - configure with --disable-libseccomp
 
 pkgname=file
-pkgver=5.41
+pkgver=5.42
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc='File type identification utility'
 arch=('x86_64')
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ provides=('libmagic.so')
 options=('!emptydirs')
 source=("https://astron.com/pub/$pkgname/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz"{,.asc})
 validpgpkeys=('BE04995BA8F90ED0C0C176C471112AB16CB33B3A') # Christos Zoulas
-sha256sums=('13e532c7b364f7d57e23dfeea3147103150cb90593a57af86c10e4f6e411603f'
+sha256sums=('c076fb4d029c74073f15c43361ef572cfb868407d347190ba834af3b1639b0e4'
             'SKIP')
 
 prepare() {