diff --git a/file/.md5sum b/file/.md5sum
index b2660c87..068d59f5 100644
--- a/file/.md5sum
+++ b/file/.md5sum
@@ -1 +1 @@
-b26b7bd713cb637bedbf1fb28ae3a271  file-4.22.tar.gz
+014a69979a8d5225a6ca2bcc4d7e967e  file-4.23.tar.gz
diff --git a/file/Pkgfile b/file/Pkgfile
index 1a3ed5e9..9f77e8c7 100644
--- a/file/Pkgfile
+++ b/file/Pkgfile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # Depends on:  zlib
 
 name=file
-version=4.22
+version=4.23
 release=1
 source=(ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/unix/tools/file/$name-$version.tar.gz)