diff --git a/packages/help2man/build.sh b/packages/help2man/build.sh
index 63abb3239..fbec27fd6 100644
--- a/packages/help2man/build.sh
+++ b/packages/help2man/build.sh
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://www.gnu.org/software/help2man/
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Conversion tool to create man files."
 TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="GPL-2.0"
 TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="@termux"
-TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=1.48.5
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=1.49.1
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=http://mirrors.kernel.org/gnu/help2man/help2man-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz
-TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=6739e4caa42e6aed3399be4387ca79399640967334e91728863b8eaa922582be
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=fd99a664ec4be9a86a0dd89719989f14f367a9c079d75d0e1d71e18a7bb51b03
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="perl"
 TERMUX_PKG_PLATFORM_INDEPENDENT=true
 TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_IN_SRC=true