diff --git a/scripts/build-many-glibcs.py b/scripts/build-many-glibcs.py
index d142684fdf..784c80d132 100755
--- a/scripts/build-many-glibcs.py
+++ b/scripts/build-many-glibcs.py
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ class Context(object):
 
     def checkout(self, versions):
         """Check out the desired component versions."""
-        default_versions = {'binutils': 'vcs-2.41',
+        default_versions = {'binutils': 'vcs-2.42',
                             'gcc': 'vcs-13',
                             'glibc': 'vcs-mainline',
                             'gmp': '6.3.0',