diff --git a/package/file/file.hash b/package/file/file.hash
index 33875776eb..49fa9e1e1b 100644
--- a/package/file/file.hash
+++ b/package/file/file.hash
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Locally calculated after verifying signature
-# ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/file-5.41.tar.gz.asc
+# ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/file-5.43.tar.gz.asc
 # using key BE04995BA8F90ED0C0C176C471112AB16CB33B3A
-sha256  13e532c7b364f7d57e23dfeea3147103150cb90593a57af86c10e4f6e411603f  file-5.41.tar.gz
+sha256  8c8015e91ae0e8d0321d94c78239892ef9dbc70c4ade0008c0e95894abfb1991  file-5.43.tar.gz
 sha256  0bfa856a9930bddadbef95d1be1cf4e163c0be618e76ea3275caaf255283e274  COPYING
 sha256  4ccb60d623884ef637af4a5bc16b2cb350163e2135e967655837336019a64462  src/mygetopt.h
-sha256  c4fa92d6504b88484a12140fe3e24b9b29b0112717f94b1ff4205d54828b1c70  src/vasprintf.c
+sha256  cc3d8704489d08eaefcaee8c639cc6436c6f0f6b2b03986d3ba7521a1a1d2fc9  src/vasprintf.c
diff --git a/package/file/file.mk b/package/file/file.mk
index c06975460f..9b751e2696 100644
--- a/package/file/file.mk
+++ b/package/file/file.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-FILE_VERSION = 5.41
+FILE_VERSION = 5.43
 FILE_SITE = ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file
 FILE_LICENSE = BSD-2-Clause, BSD-4-Clause (one file), BSD-3-Clause (one file)
 FILE_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING src/mygetopt.h src/vasprintf.c