diff --git a/srcpkgs/libuv/template b/srcpkgs/libuv/template
index efb857d4b54..04c127f0115 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libuv/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libuv/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'libuv'
 pkgname=libuv
-version=1.48.0
+version=1.49.2
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ license="MIT, BSD-2-Clause, ISC"
 homepage="https://libuv.org/"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/libuv/libuv/v1.x/ChangeLog"
 distfiles="https://dist.libuv.org/dist/v${version}/libuv-v${version}-dist.tar.gz"
-checksum=c593139feb9061699fdd2f7fde47bb6c1ca77761ae9ec04f052083f1ef46c13b
+checksum=2e910e668e5daf1be6a5195a696985d7200adfa5c4d3400ee7b3355affdcf52c
 # the tests fail when run as root and as such break in the CI containers
 make_check=ci-skip