diff --git a/utils/gawk/Makefile b/utils/gawk/Makefile
index 9c32cb49d..d684c7e3e 100644
--- a/utils/gawk/Makefile
+++ b/utils/gawk/Makefile
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=gawk
-PKG_VERSION:=4.2.0
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_VERSION:=4.2.1
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNU/gawk
 
-PKG_HASH:=d4f3cd31c001fd0ed52832d4fbfbdfeaa38ad541c182f80ff8fdf87324a6a9f2
+PKG_HASH:=d1119785e746d46a8209d28b2de404a57f983aa48670f4e225531d3bdc175551
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING