diff --git a/versions.yaml b/versions.yaml
index 1fd141ec40..1a84f3d5dc 100644
--- a/versions.yaml
+++ b/versions.yaml
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ externals:
   gperf:
     description: "GNU gperf is a perfect hash function generator"
     url: "http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gperf/"
-    version: "3.1"
+    version: "3.3"
 
   hadolint:
     description: "the dockerfile linter used by static-checks"