diff --git a/packages/file/build.sh b/packages/file/build.sh
index e85c230b33..33f9b798fe 100644
--- a/packages/file/build.sh
+++ b/packages/file/build.sh
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://darwinsys.com/file/
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Command-line tool that tells you in words what kind of data a file contains"
 TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="BSD 2-Clause"
 TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="@termux"
-TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=5.43
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=5.44
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/file-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz
-TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=8c8015e91ae0e8d0321d94c78239892ef9dbc70c4ade0008c0e95894abfb1991
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=3751c7fba8dbc831cb8d7cc8aff21035459b8ce5155ef8b0880a27d028475f3b
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="zlib"
 TERMUX_PKG_BREAKS="file-dev"
 TERMUX_PKG_REPLACES="file-dev"