diff --git a/file-5.40-magic-xzip.patch b/file-5.40-magic-xzip.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b27f38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/file-5.40-magic-xzip.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+diff --git a/magic/Magdir/compress b/magic/Magdir/compress
+index 64d11a7..d830c64 100644
+--- a/magic/Magdir/compress
++++ b/magic/Magdir/compress
+@@ -264,12 +264,7 @@
+ >>5	lequad		!0xffffffffffffffff	non-streamed, size %lld
+ 
+ # http://tukaani.org/xz/xz-file-format.txt
+-0	ustring		\xFD7zXZ\x00		XZ compressed data, checksum
+->7	byte&0xf	0x0			NONE
+->7	byte&0xf	0x1			CRC32
+->7	byte&0xf	0x4			CRC64
+->7	byte&0xf	0xa			SHA-256
+-
++0	ustring		\xFD7zXZ\x00		XZ compressed data
+ !:strength * 2
+ !:mime	application/x-xz
+ 
diff --git a/file.spec b/file.spec
index 9f5b3f0..6957ba7 100644
--- a/file.spec
+++ b/file.spec
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 Summary: Utility for determining file types
 Name: file
 Version: 5.40
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Release: 3%{?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
 
+# hotfix, revert the https://github.com/file/file/commit/4ebd747d commit.
+Patch3: file-5.40-magic-xzip.patch
+
 URL: https://www.darwinsys.com/file/
 Requires: file-libs%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
 BuildRequires: zlib-devel
@@ -204,6 +207,9 @@ cd %{py3dir}
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Apr 12 2021 Vincent Mihalkovic <vmihalko@redhat.com> - 5.40-3
+- revert the https://github.com/file/file/commit/3ebd747d commit (#1947317)
+
 * Thu Apr 08 2021 Vincent Mihalkovic <vmihalko@redhat.com> - 5.40-2
 - make python{2,3}-magic depend on file-libs (#1947453)