diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-benchmark/fio/fio/0001-fix-musl-builds.patch b/meta-oe/recipes-benchmark/fio/fio/0001-fix-musl-builds.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c0d69d6e8..0000000000
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-benchmark/fio/fio/0001-fix-musl-builds.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-From ccce76d2850d6e52da3d7986c950af068fbfe0fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Arthur Gautier <arthur.gautier@arista.com>
-Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2025 20:07:11 -0800
-Subject: [PATCH] fix musl builds
-
-This commit fixes the build on musl which fails with the following
-error:
-```
-oslib/linux-blkzoned.c: In function 'blkzoned_move_zone_wp':
-oslib/linux-blkzoned.c:389:37: error: 'FALLOC_FL_ZERO_RANGE' undeclared (first use in this function)
-  389 |                 ret = fallocate(fd, FALLOC_FL_ZERO_RANGE, z->wp, length);
-      |                                     ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-oslib/linux-blkzoned.c:389:37: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
-make: *** [Makefile:501: oslib/linux-blkzoned.o] Error 1
-make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
-```
-
-Upstream-Status: Backport [https://github.com/axboe/fio/commit/ccce76d2850d6e52da3d7986c950af068fbfe0fd]
-Signed-off-by: Arthur Gautier <arthur.gautier@arista.com>
----
- oslib/linux-blkzoned.c | 1 +
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
-
-diff --git a/oslib/linux-blkzoned.c b/oslib/linux-blkzoned.c
-index 78e25fca..c45ef623 100644
---- a/oslib/linux-blkzoned.c
-+++ b/oslib/linux-blkzoned.c
-@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
- #ifndef BLKFINISHZONE
- #define BLKFINISHZONE _IOW(0x12, 136, struct blk_zone_range)
- #endif
-+#include <linux/falloc.h>
- 
- /*
-  * If the uapi headers installed on the system lacks zone capacity support,
--- 
-2.51.0
-
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-benchmark/fio/fio/CVE-2025-10823.patch b/meta-oe/recipes-benchmark/fio/fio/CVE-2025-10823.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c5813273c7..0000000000
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-benchmark/fio/fio/CVE-2025-10823.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-From 6a39dfaffdb8a6c2080eec0dc7fb1ee532d54025 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
-Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2025 11:50:46 -0600
-Subject: [PATCH] options: check for NULL input string and fail
-
-Waste of time busy work.
-
-Link: https://github.com/axboe/fio/issues/1982
-
-CVE: CVE-2025-10823
-
-Upstream-Status: Backport
-https://github.com/axboe/fio/commit/6a39dfaffdb8a6c2080eec0dc7fb1ee532d54025
-
-Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
-Signed-off-by: Saravanan <saravanan.kadambathursubramaniyam@windriver.com>
----
- options.c | 3 +++
- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
-
-diff --git a/options.c b/options.c
-index c35878f..562c5bc 100644
---- a/options.c
-+++ b/options.c
-@@ -1616,6 +1616,9 @@ static int str_buffer_pattern_cb(void *data, const char *input)
- 	struct thread_data *td = cb_data_to_td(data);
- 	int ret;
- 
-+	if (!input)
-+		return 1;
-+
- 	/* FIXME: for now buffer pattern does not support formats */
- 	ret = parse_and_fill_pattern_alloc(input, strlen(input),
- 				&td->o.buffer_pattern, NULL, NULL, NULL);
--- 
-2.48.1
-
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-benchmark/fio/fio_3.41.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-benchmark/fio/fio_3.42.bb
similarity index 93%
rename from meta-oe/recipes-benchmark/fio/fio_3.41.bb
rename to meta-oe/recipes-benchmark/fio/fio_3.42.bb
index 3f03c41f22..dac7548d08 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-benchmark/fio/fio_3.41.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-benchmark/fio/fio_3.42.bb
@@ -24,15 +24,11 @@ PACKAGECONFIG[numa] = ",--disable-numa,numactl"
 
 SRC_URI = " \
     git://git.kernel.dk/fio.git;branch=master;tag=${BP} \
-    file://0001-fix-musl-builds.patch \
 "
-SRCREV = "ed675d3477a70a42d2e757b713f6c7125a27cdca"
-
-SRC_URI += "file://CVE-2025-10823.patch"
+SRCREV = "ab77643023f5d7e3c1b71a7576a564f368bf577a"
 
 UPSTREAM_CHECK_GITTAGREGEX = "fio-(?P<pver>\d+(\.\d+)+)"
 
-
 # avoids build breaks when using no-static-libs.inc
 DISABLE_STATIC = ""
 
@@ -50,3 +46,4 @@ do_install() {
 }
 
 CVE_STATUS[CVE-2025-10824] = "disputed: Maintainer could not reproduce the issue, issue is closed without change."
+CVE_STATUS[CVE-2026-30656] = "fixed-version: fixed in 3.42"