diff --git a/package/libidn/libidn.hash b/package/libidn/libidn.hash
index 837424d93e..65201fdfb5 100644
--- a/package/libidn/libidn.hash
+++ b/package/libidn/libidn.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Locally computed:
-sha256  884d706364b81abdd17bee9686d8ff2ae7431c5a14651047c68adf8b31fd8945  libidn-1.41.tar.gz
+sha256  d6c199dcd806e4fe279360cb4b08349a0d39560ed548ffd1ccadda8cdecb4723  libidn-1.42.tar.gz
 
 # Hash for license files:
 sha256  8177f97513213526df2cf6184d8ff986c675afb514d4e68a404010521b880643  COPYINGv2
diff --git a/package/libidn/libidn.mk b/package/libidn/libidn.mk
index e1a357de1b..c7b8b4941c 100644
--- a/package/libidn/libidn.mk
+++ b/package/libidn/libidn.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBIDN_VERSION = 1.41
+LIBIDN_VERSION = 1.42
 LIBIDN_SITE = $(BR2_GNU_MIRROR)/libidn
 LIBIDN_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 LIBIDN_CONF_ENV = EMACS="no" MAKEINFO=true