diff --git a/libs/file/Makefile b/libs/file/Makefile
index e12dc946c..7b502bfab 100644
--- a/libs/file/Makefile
+++ b/libs/file/Makefile
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=file
-PKG_VERSION:=5.41
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_VERSION:=5.44
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://download.openpkg.org/components/cache/file/ \
 	ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/
-PKG_HASH:=13e532c7b364f7d57e23dfeea3147103150cb90593a57af86c10e4f6e411603f
+PKG_HASH:=3751c7fba8dbc831cb8d7cc8aff21035459b8ce5155ef8b0880a27d028475f3b
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Marko Ratkaj <markoratkaj@gmail.com>
 PKG_LICENSE:=BSD-2-Clause