diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index 873d361240..4b2b95f671 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@
    <listitem>
      <para>February 1st, 2021</para>
      <itemizedlist>
+       <listitem>
+         <para>[timtas] - Update to dosfstools-4.2. Fixes
+         <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;14588">#14588</ulink>.</para>
+       </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[renodr] - Update to libbytesize-2.5. Fixes
          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;14576">#14576</ulink>.</para>
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index c5c0b09a27..6a0bbc3a4a 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 
 <!-- Chapter 5 -->
 <!ENTITY btrfs-progs-version          "5.10">
-<!ENTITY dosfstools-version           "4.1">
+<!ENTITY dosfstools-version           "4.2">
 <!ENTITY fuse3-version                "3.10.1">
 <!ENTITY jfsutils-version             "1.1.15">
 <!ENTITY lvm2-version                 "2.03.11">
diff --git a/postlfs/filesystems/dosfstools.xml b/postlfs/filesystems/dosfstools.xml
index be29f28b21..b4cb265f41 100644
--- a/postlfs/filesystems/dosfstools.xml
+++ b/postlfs/filesystems/dosfstools.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
   <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
   %general-entities;
 
-  <!ENTITY dosfstools-download-http "https://github.com/dosfstools/dosfstools/releases/download/v&dosfstools-version;/dosfstools-&dosfstools-version;.tar.xz">
+  <!ENTITY dosfstools-download-http "https://github.com/dosfstools/dosfstools/releases/download/v&dosfstools-version;/dosfstools-&dosfstools-version;.tar.gz">
   <!ENTITY dosfstools-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY dosfstools-md5sum        "07a1050db1a898e9a2e03b0c4569c4bd">
-  <!ENTITY dosfstools-size          "176 KB">
-  <!ENTITY dosfstools-buildsize     "2.9 MB">
+  <!ENTITY dosfstools-md5sum        "49c8e457327dc61efab5b115a27b087a">
+  <!ENTITY dosfstools-size          "314 KB">
+  <!ENTITY dosfstools-buildsize     "3.5 MB">
   <!ENTITY dosfstools-time          "less than 0.1 SBU">
 ]>