diff --git a/misc/help2man/Makefile b/misc/help2man/Makefile
index 751f7401ecf3..9996b432640a 100644
--- a/misc/help2man/Makefile
+++ b/misc/help2man/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	help2man
-PORTVERSION=	1.41.2
+PORTVERSION=	1.42.1
 CATEGORIES=	misc
 MASTER_SITES=	GNU/${PORTNAME}
 
diff --git a/misc/help2man/distinfo b/misc/help2man/distinfo
index 1c96ff86c6fc..9f4e765dbd1e 100644
--- a/misc/help2man/distinfo
+++ b/misc/help2man/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA256 (help2man-1.41.2.tar.gz) = 6a8c94cde314fdfd1e9e397eeebf2c57b0603c8cc2a2ec9228c7778e1a0940ab
-SIZE (help2man-1.41.2.tar.gz) = 196866
+SHA256 (help2man-1.42.1.tar.gz) = bafe303cfd98dee65358ae08141a9accffa4ec0883ba504ea8598b5f65cae5c2
+SIZE (help2man-1.42.1.tar.gz) = 197137