diff --git a/base/file/file.desc b/base/file/file.desc
index d5bc02ffb..2ef954600 100644
--- a/base/file/file.desc
+++ b/base/file/file.desc
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@
 
 [L] BSD
 [S] Stable
-[V] 4.23
+[V] 4.24
 [P] X 01---5---9 105.950
 
-[D] 1010341693 file-4.23.tar.gz ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/
+[D] 3397910517 file-4.24.tar.gz ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/