diff --git a/package/omniorb/omniorb.hash b/package/omniorb/omniorb.hash
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d087d958e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/omniorb/omniorb.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# From http://sourceforge.net/projects/omniorb/files/omniORB/omniORB-4.2.0/
+sha1	cc52c636f4f329e0481d6bb97b1f0a4bfb21fb3d	omniORB-4.2.0.tar.bz2
+md5	f1e104d0a2df92829c1b37a853f4805d	omniORB-4.2.0.tar.bz2
diff --git a/package/omniorb/omniorb.mk b/package/omniorb/omniorb.mk
index f336c4be9..0df125eed 100644
--- a/package/omniorb/omniorb.mk
+++ b/package/omniorb/omniorb.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-OMNIORB_VERSION = 4.1.6
+OMNIORB_VERSION = 4.2.0
 OMNIORB_SITE = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/omniorb/omniORB/omniORB-$(OMNIORB_VERSION)
 OMNIORB_SOURCE = omniORB-$(OMNIORB_VERSION).tar.bz2
 OMNIORB_INSTALL_STAGING = YES