diff --git a/package/file/file.hash b/package/file/file.hash
index 8441ba6a0e..a0617838d3 100644
--- a/package/file/file.hash
+++ b/package/file/file.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # Locally calculated
-sha256	c4e3a8e44cb888c5e4b476e738503e37fb9de3b25a38c143e214bfc12109fc0b	file-5.22.tar.gz
+sha256	2c8ab3ff143e2cdfb5ecee381752f80a79e0b4cfe9ca4cc6e1c3e5ec15e6157c	file-5.23.tar.gz
diff --git a/package/file/file.mk b/package/file/file.mk
index 4b98cbd434..4baa393410 100644
--- a/package/file/file.mk
+++ b/package/file/file.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-FILE_VERSION = 5.22
+FILE_VERSION = 5.23
 FILE_SITE = ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file
 FILE_DEPENDENCIES = host-file zlib
 FILE_INSTALL_STAGING = YES