diff --git a/srcpkgs/file/template b/srcpkgs/file/template
index c711e066e9..49cbaf1075 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/file/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/file/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'file'
 pkgname=file
-version=5.35
+version=5.36
 revision=1
 bootstrap=yes
 build_style=gnu-configure
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.org>"
 license="BSD-2-Clause"
 homepage="http://www.darwinsys.com/file/"
 distfiles="ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/file-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=30c45e817440779be7aac523a905b123cba2a6ed0bf4f5439e1e99ba940b5546
+checksum=fb608290c0fd2405a8f63e5717abf6d03e22e183fb21884413d1edd918184379
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	# XXX cross compilation needs exactly the same version for the host