diff --git a/package/base/m4/m4.desc b/package/base/m4/m4.desc
index 7c522d7c9..b32bd27b3 100644
--- a/package/base/m4/m4.desc
+++ b/package/base/m4/m4.desc
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 1.4.4
+[V] 1.4.9
 [P] X -1---5---9 103.700
 
-[D] 4176061353 m4-1.4.4.tar.bz2 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/m4/
+[D] 1957969065 m4-1.4.9.tar.bz2 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/m4/