diff --git a/utils/gawk/Makefile b/utils/gawk/Makefile
index d684c7e3e7..fc13e36a97 100644
--- a/utils/gawk/Makefile
+++ b/utils/gawk/Makefile
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=gawk
-PKG_VERSION:=4.2.1
+PKG_VERSION:=5.0.0
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNU/gawk
 
-PKG_HASH:=d1119785e746d46a8209d28b2de404a57f983aa48670f4e225531d3bdc175551
+PKG_HASH:=50f091ed0eb485ad87dbb620d773a3e2c31a27f75f5e008f7bf065055f024406
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING