diff --git a/internal/rosa/gnu.go b/internal/rosa/gnu.go
index d8f9c8f..c9f4ec7 100644
--- a/internal/rosa/gnu.go
+++ b/internal/rosa/gnu.go
@@ -462,8 +462,8 @@ func init() {
 
 func (t Toolchain) newGawk() (pkg.Artifact, string) {
 	const (
-		version  = "5.3.2"
-		checksum = "uIs0d14h_d2DgMGYwrPtegGNyt_bxzG3D6Fe-MmExx_pVoVkQaHzrtmiXVr6NHKk"
+		version  = "5.4.0"
+		checksum = "m0RkIolC-PI7EY5q8pcx5Y-0twlIW0Yp3wXXmV-QaHorSdf8BhZ7kW9F8iWomz0C"
 	)
 	return t.NewPackage("gawk", version, pkg.NewHTTPGetTar(
 		nil, "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnu/gawk/gawk-"+version+".tar.gz",