diff --git a/package/xapian/xapian.hash b/package/xapian/xapian.hash
index 01d6c19ad6..898d2e4eff 100644
--- a/package/xapian/xapian.hash
+++ b/package/xapian/xapian.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# From https://lists.xapian.org/pipermail/xapian-discuss/2024-July/010052.html
-sha256  9e6a7903806966d16ce220b49377c9c8fad667c8f0ffcb23a3442946269363a7  xapian-core-1.4.26.tar.xz
+# From https://lists.xapian.org/pipermail/xapian-discuss/2024-December/010056.html
+sha256  bcbc99cfbf16080119c2571fc296794f539bd542ca3926f17c2999600830ab61  xapian-core-1.4.27.tar.xz
 
 # locally computed
 sha256  c38aee9e3c8c4d5d594ff548a1be05453023016d6286931f6512db215ec1fd42  COPYING
diff --git a/package/xapian/xapian.mk b/package/xapian/xapian.mk
index 7677571288..187e366066 100644
--- a/package/xapian/xapian.mk
+++ b/package/xapian/xapian.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-XAPIAN_VERSION = 1.4.26
+XAPIAN_VERSION = 1.4.27
 XAPIAN_SOURCE = xapian-core-$(XAPIAN_VERSION).tar.xz
 XAPIAN_SITE = https://oligarchy.co.uk/xapian/$(XAPIAN_VERSION)
 XAPIAN_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+