diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/poky-bleeding.conf b/meta/conf/distro/poky-bleeding.conf
index 4396d4287d..38488d816a 100644
--- a/meta/conf/distro/poky-bleeding.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/distro/poky-bleeding.conf
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PREFERRED_VERSION_glib-2.0 ?= "2.12.11"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_glib-2.0-native ?= "2.12.4"
 
-PREFERRED_VERSION_cairo ?= "1.4.0"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_cairo ?= "1.4.2"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_pango ?= "1.16.1"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_gtk+ ?= "2.10.10"
 
diff --git a/meta/packages/cairo/cairo_1.4.0.bb b/meta/packages/cairo/cairo_1.4.2.bb
similarity index 100%
rename from meta/packages/cairo/cairo_1.4.0.bb
rename to meta/packages/cairo/cairo_1.4.2.bb