diff --git a/recipes-support/xapian/xapian-core.bb b/recipes-support/xapian/xapian-core.bb
index a1c156f6..5d301f15 100644
--- a/recipes-support/xapian/xapian-core.bb
+++ b/recipes-support/xapian/xapian-core.bb
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ HOMEPAGE = "http://xapian.org/"
 LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=4325afd396febcb659c36b49533135d4"
 
-PV = "1.4.18"
+PV = "1.4.21"
 SRC_URI = "http://oligarchy.co.uk/xapian/${PV}/${BPN}-${PV}.tar.xz"
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "196ddbb4ad10450100f0991a599e4ed944cbad92e4a6fe813be6dce160244b77"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "80f86034d2fb55900795481dfae681bfaa10efbe818abad3622cdc0c55e06f88"
 
 inherit autotools cmake_lib