diff --git a/srcpkgs/libguestfs/template b/srcpkgs/libguestfs/template
index 7953ce456c2..8a4cc00653b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libguestfs/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libguestfs/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'libguestfs'
 pkgname=libguestfs
-version=1.40.2
+version=1.42.0
 revision=1
 _version_short=${version%.*}
 build_style=gnu-configure
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ maintainer="Andrea Brancaleoni <abc@pompel.me>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://libguestfs.org"
 distfiles="http://libguestfs.org/download/${_version_short}-stable/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=ad6562c48c38e922a314cb45a90996843d81045595c4917f66b02a6c2dfe8058
+checksum=4fee192cf3aaa597f142afb21fa2d7f380fdabcf34d054e37090163e4a74f024
 
 conf_files="etc/libguestfs-tools.conf
  etc/xdg/virt-builder/repos.d/libguestfs.conf