diff --git a/gnu/packages/databases.scm b/gnu/packages/databases.scm
index 066bcb6962..f7f5c6ffdc 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/databases.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/databases.scm
@@ -1264,14 +1264,14 @@ (define-public sqlcrush
 (define-public tdb
   (package
     (name "tdb")
-    (version "1.4.0")
+    (version "1.4.2")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "https://www.samba.org/ftp/tdb/tdb-"
                                   version ".tar.gz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "0d9d2f1c83gmmq30bkfs50yb8399mr9xjjzscma4kyq0ajf75861"))))
+                "0jh0iqbb6pkvqrqn033w5g6gwa4bdgkvp49z0qpkk3h2wk6b4h4h"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
      '(#:phases