diff --git a/packages/file/build.sh b/packages/file/build.sh
index 6958e1dd2..d0942b1fa 100644
--- a/packages/file/build.sh
+++ b/packages/file/build.sh
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://darwinsys.com/file/
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Command-line tool that tells you in words what kind of data a file contains"
 TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="BSD 2-Clause"
 TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="@termux"
-TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=5.40
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=5.41
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/file-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz
-TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=167321f43c148a553f68a0ea7f579821ef3b11c27b8cbe158e4df897e4a5dd57
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=13e532c7b364f7d57e23dfeea3147103150cb90593a57af86c10e4f6e411603f
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="zlib"
 TERMUX_PKG_BREAKS="file-dev"
 TERMUX_PKG_REPLACES="file-dev"