diff --git a/tar/.md5sum b/tar/.md5sum
index aa143a23..fa3b46d0 100644
--- a/tar/.md5sum
+++ b/tar/.md5sum
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 6a56bc4bb64fc9bb48d28e66a30ad937  rmt.8
-70170208d7c1bb9ab40120579434b6a3  tar-1.18.tar.bz2
+bcc2e19b19823b9ab68c94586067a792  tar-1.19.tar.bz2
 e4038247fa36a51d2784e163f58f6e38  tar-rootp.patch
 7c2293e8c051ade56db42daf2279e5eb  tar.1
diff --git a/tar/Pkgfile b/tar/Pkgfile
index 5683aea6..92b16616 100644
--- a/tar/Pkgfile
+++ b/tar/Pkgfile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Maintainer:  CRUX System Team, core-ports at crux dot nu
 
 name=tar
-version=1.18
+version=1.19
 release=1
 source=(http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/$name/$name-$version.tar.bz2 \
         $name-rootp.patch tar.1 rmt.8)