diff --git a/srcpkgs/file/template b/srcpkgs/file/template
index d44fec11a1b..432296fa989 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/file/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/file/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'file'
 pkgname=file
-version=5.30
+version=5.31
 revision=1
 bootstrap=yes
 build_style=gnu-configure
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 homepage="http://www.darwinsys.com/file/"
 license="2-clause-BSD"
 distfiles="ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/file-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=694c2432e5240187524c9e7cf1ec6acc77b47a0e19554d34c14773e43dbbf214
+checksum=09c588dac9cff4baa054f51a36141793bcf64926edc909594111ceae60fce4ee
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	# XXX cross compilation needs exactly the same version for the host