diff --git a/config/rootfiles/common/libffi b/config/rootfiles/common/libffi
index e71caf1a2..7b5ed1248 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/common/libffi
+++ b/config/rootfiles/common/libffi
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 #usr/lib/libffi.a
 #usr/lib/libffi.la
 #usr/lib/libffi.so
-usr/lib/libffi.so.7
-usr/lib/libffi.so.7.1.0
+usr/lib/libffi.so.8
+usr/lib/libffi.so.8.1.0
 #usr/lib/pkgconfig/libffi.pc
 #usr/share/info/libffi.info
 #usr/share/man/man3/ffi.3
diff --git a/lfs/libffi b/lfs/libffi
index 1678505b6..8574ca067 100644
--- a/lfs/libffi
+++ b/lfs/libffi
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 include Config
 
-VER        = 3.3
+VER        = 3.4.2
 
 THISAPP    = libffi-$(VER)
 DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.gz
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ objects = $(DL_FILE)
 
 $(DL_FILE) = $(DL_FROM)/$(DL_FILE)
 
-$(DL_FILE)_MD5 = 6313289e32f1d38a9df4770b014a2ca7
+$(DL_FILE)_MD5 = 294b921e6cf9ab0fbaea4b639f8fdbe8
 
 install : $(TARGET)