diff --git a/package/binutils-bare-metal/2.42 b/package/binutils-bare-metal/2.42
deleted file mode 120000
index dfad0ed2f4..0000000000
--- a/package/binutils-bare-metal/2.42
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../binutils/2.42
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package/binutils-bare-metal/2.43.1 b/package/binutils-bare-metal/2.43.1
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..f605915e35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/binutils-bare-metal/2.43.1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../binutils/2.43.1/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package/binutils-bare-metal/binutils-bare-metal.mk b/package/binutils-bare-metal/binutils-bare-metal.mk
index 778a5235f4..f2f223387e 100644
--- a/package/binutils-bare-metal/binutils-bare-metal.mk
+++ b/package/binutils-bare-metal/binutils-bare-metal.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-HOST_BINUTILS_BARE_METAL_VERSION = 2.42
+HOST_BINUTILS_BARE_METAL_VERSION = 2.43.1
 HOST_BINUTILS_BARE_METAL_SITE = $(BR2_GNU_MIRROR)/binutils
 HOST_BINUTILS_BARE_METAL_SOURCE = binutils-$(HOST_BINUTILS_BARE_METAL_VERSION).tar.xz