diff --git a/sys-apps/file/file-5.36.recipe b/sys-apps/file/file-5.37.recipe
similarity index 96%
rename from sys-apps/file/file-5.36.recipe
rename to sys-apps/file/file-5.37.recipe
index a1bc6f945..990f8faa4 100644
--- a/sys-apps/file/file-5.36.recipe
+++ b/sys-apps/file/file-5.37.recipe
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ COPYRIGHT="1986-1999 Ian F. Darwin
 LICENSE="BSD (2-clause)"
 REVISION="1"
 SOURCE_URI="ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/file-$portVersion.tar.gz"
-CHECKSUM_SHA256="fb608290c0fd2405a8f63e5717abf6d03e22e183fb21884413d1edd918184379"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="e9c13967f7dd339a3c241b7710ba093560b9a33013491318e88e6b8b57bae07f"
 PATCHES="file-$portVersion.patchset"
 
 ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64"
diff --git a/sys-apps/file/patches/file-5.36.patchset b/sys-apps/file/patches/file-5.37.patchset
similarity index 100%
rename from sys-apps/file/patches/file-5.36.patchset
rename to sys-apps/file/patches/file-5.37.patchset