diff --git a/common.windows b/common.windows
index eb9c1c7..7a7561c 100644
--- a/common.windows
+++ b/common.windows
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 #  ARG MXE_TARGET_THREAD=
 #
 
-# mxe master 2017-10-25
-ARG MXE_GIT_TAG=994ad47302e8811614b7eb49fc05234942b95b89
+# mxe master 2018-09-08
+ARG MXE_GIT_TAG=842827a489087b77f51554655c0d4f48ddebd5a5
 
 ENV CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE /usr/src/mxe/usr/${MXE_TARGET_ARCH}-w64-mingw32.static${MXE_TARGET_THREAD}/share/cmake/mxe-conf.cmake