diff --git a/utils/gawk/Makefile b/utils/gawk/Makefile
index ba4e3beb1..f1d89d61c 100644
--- a/utils/gawk/Makefile
+++ b/utils/gawk/Makefile
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=gawk
-PKG_VERSION:=4.1.4
+PKG_VERSION:=4.2.0
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNU/gawk
 
-PKG_HASH:=53e184e2d0f90def9207860531802456322be091c7b48f23fdc79cda65adc266
+PKG_HASH:=d4f3cd31c001fd0ed52832d4fbfbdfeaa38ad541c182f80ff8fdf87324a6a9f2
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING