diff --git a/srcpkgs/awesome/template b/srcpkgs/awesome/template
index 6cfed1a135a..db4544826cb 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/awesome/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/awesome/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'awesome'
 pkgname=awesome
-version=4.1
+version=4.2
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DSYSCONFDIR=/etc
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://awesomewm.org"
 distfiles="https://github.com/awesomeWM/awesome-releases/raw/master/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=27a1db13ef4aa8e104a795e8c11c8611d75d8b0d864c277b8ef7c6f1ab6d04b8
+checksum=ac5da1a99f5fad083821993d2b56d1cd9594164eafc0be2beb540598345d974f
 
 pre_configure() {
 	# Russian manpages fail to build.