diff --git a/config/rootfiles/common/libgpg-error b/config/rootfiles/common/libgpg-error
index 4d6febc65..3e927ed91 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/common/libgpg-error
+++ b/config/rootfiles/common/libgpg-error
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ usr/bin/gpg-error
 #usr/lib/libgpg-error.la
 #usr/lib/libgpg-error.so
 usr/lib/libgpg-error.so.0
-usr/lib/libgpg-error.so.0.14.0
+usr/lib/libgpg-error.so.0.16.0
 #usr/share/aclocal/gpg-error.m4
 #usr/share/common-lisp
 #usr/share/common-lisp/source
diff --git a/lfs/libgpg-error b/lfs/libgpg-error
index 83c403d3c..ab9499e11 100644
--- a/lfs/libgpg-error
+++ b/lfs/libgpg-error
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 include Config
 
-VER        = 1.18
+VER        = 1.20
 
 THISAPP    = libgpg-error-$(VER)
 DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.bz2
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ objects = $(DL_FILE)
 
 $(DL_FILE) = $(DL_FROM)/$(DL_FILE)
 
-$(DL_FILE)_MD5 = 12312802d2065774b787cbfc22cc04e9
+$(DL_FILE)_MD5 = 9997d9203b672402a04760176811589d
 
 install : $(TARGET)