diff --git a/package/cjson/cjson.hash b/package/cjson/cjson.hash
index 2bcd5e2fbb..03d6d368f2 100644
--- a/package/cjson/cjson.hash
+++ b/package/cjson/cjson.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # Locally computed:
-sha256	8e1c389627c6275344000e063f2f3d8cb0c1354ca75cf95855e286f173d3bfb5	cjson-v1.4.0.tar.gz
+sha256	6bb0cec66f877f694ffd0e6026b33da1df28a204a9d3a65fbe5055d038a3e8bf	cjson-v1.4.2.tar.gz
diff --git a/package/cjson/cjson.mk b/package/cjson/cjson.mk
index 4937821c7d..6403c18ceb 100644
--- a/package/cjson/cjson.mk
+++ b/package/cjson/cjson.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-CJSON_VERSION = v1.4.0
+CJSON_VERSION = v1.4.2
 CJSON_SITE = $(call github,DaveGamble,cjson,$(CJSON_VERSION))
 CJSON_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 CJSON_LICENSE = MIT