diff --git a/file-5.41-javascript-magic.patch b/file-5.41-javascript-magic.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c3a8d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/file-5.41-javascript-magic.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+From f687fa2b92cd923173126614516c1d07894affb3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Christos Zoulas <christos@zoulas.com>
+Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2021 13:42:00 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] Don't use search; interpreters need to be always in the first
+ line. Fixes strength issue (general #! in commands ranked higher).
+
+---
+ magic/Magdir/javascript | 14 +++++++-------
+ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/magic/Magdir/javascript b/magic/Magdir/javascript
+index 7fa9d9d40..1e29c5e8e 100644
+--- a/magic/Magdir/javascript
++++ b/magic/Magdir/javascript
+@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
+ 
+ #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-# $File: javascript,v 1.2 2019/08/05 10:34:26 christos Exp $
++# $File: javascript,v 1.3 2021/12/08 13:42:00 christos Exp $
+ # javascript:  magic for javascript and node.js scripts.
+ #
+-0	search/1/w	#!/bin/node		Node.js script text executable
++0	string/w	#!/bin/node		Node.js script text executable
+ !:mime application/javascript
+-0	search/1/w	#!/usr/bin/node		Node.js script text executable
++0	string/w	#!/usr/bin/node		Node.js script text executable
+ !:mime application/javascript
+-0	search/1/w	#!/bin/nodejs		Node.js script text executable
++0	string/w	#!/bin/nodejs		Node.js script text executable
+ !:mime application/javascript
+-0	search/1/w	#!/usr/bin/nodejs	Node.js script text executable
++0	string/w	#!/usr/bin/nodejs	Node.js script text executable
+ !:mime application/javascript
+-0	search/1	#!/usr/bin/env\ node	Node.js script text executable
++0	string		#!/usr/bin/env\ node	Node.js script text executable
+ !:mime application/javascript
+-0	search/1	#!/usr/bin/env\ nodejs	Node.js script text executable
++0	string		#!/usr/bin/env\ nodejs	Node.js script text executable
+ !:mime application/javascript
+ # Hermes by Facebook https://hermesengine.dev/
+ # https://github.com/facebook/hermes/blob/master/include/hermes/\
diff --git a/file.spec b/file.spec
index f44cef2..25b9ba1 100644
--- a/file.spec
+++ b/file.spec
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 Summary: Utility for determining file types
 Name: file
 Version: 5.41
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 License: BSD
 Source0: http://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/file-%{version}.tar.gz
 
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ Patch0: file-localmagic.patch
 Patch1: file-4.17-rpm-name.patch
 Patch2: file-5.04-volume_key.patch
 
+# Upstream commit: https://github.com/file/file/commit/f687fa2b92cd9231
+Patch3: file-5.41-javascript-magic.patch
+
 URL: https://www.darwinsys.com/file/
 Requires: file-libs%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
 BuildRequires: zlib-devel
@@ -208,6 +211,9 @@ make -C tests check
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Dec 08 2021 Vincent Mihalkovic <vmihalko@redhat.com> - 5.41-2
+- fix the JavaScript detection (#2029975)
+
 * Tue Oct 19 2021 Vincent Mihalkovic <vmihalko@redhat.com> - 5.41-1
 - update to new version 5.41