diff --git a/vala/PKGBUILD b/vala/PKGBUILD
index b122183df..73d2534ef 100644
--- a/vala/PKGBUILD
+++ b/vala/PKGBUILD
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 pkgname=vala
-pkgver=0.40.9
+pkgver=0.42.2
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Compiler for the GObject type system."
 arch=('x86_64')
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ depends=('glib2' 'graphviz' 'ttf-font' 'pkg-config' 'gcc')
 makedepends=('libxslt' 'gtk-doc' 'help2man')
 checkdepends=('dbus' 'libx11' 'gobject-introspection')
 source=(https://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/$pkgname/${pkgver:0:4}/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.xz)
-sha256sums=('c7ff0480779b2d78d6ff78f5fd165b3ba972e4fa9e9da1b411ff4375a78c6a7b')
+sha256sums=('9e89aa42152b1cef551568f827aa2deea2a9b5487d78c91474c8617b618e5f07')
 
 build() {
     cd $pkgname-$pkgver