diff --git a/srcpkgs/file/template b/srcpkgs/file/template
index 54c8008de0..b4d0d26ee3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/file/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/file/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'file'
 pkgname=file
-version=5.38
+version=5.39
 revision=1
 bootstrap=yes
 build_style=gnu-configure
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
 license="BSD-2-Clause"
 homepage="http://www.darwinsys.com/file/"
 distfiles="https://astron.com/pub/file/file-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=593c2ffc2ab349c5aea0f55fedfe4d681737b6b62376a9b3ad1e77b2cc19fa34
+checksum=f05d286a76d9556243d0cb05814929c2ecf3a5ba07963f8f70bfaaa70517fad1
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	# XXX cross compilation needs exactly the same version for the host