diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/include/preferred-xorg-versions.inc b/meta/conf/distro/include/preferred-xorg-versions.inc
index 28aee9cb4d..3c57460ccd 100644
--- a/meta/conf/distro/include/preferred-xorg-versions.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/distro/include/preferred-xorg-versions.inc
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ PREFERRED_VERSION_util-macros-native ?= "1.6.0"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_videoproto ?= "2.3.0"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_windowswmproto ?= "1.0.4"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_x11perf ?= "1.5"
-PREFERRED_VERSION_xauth ?= "1.0.3"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_xauth ?= "1.0.4"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_xcmiscproto ?= "1.2.0"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_xcmiscproto-native ?= "1.2.0"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_xcmiscproto-nativesdk ?= "1.2.0"
diff --git a/meta/packages/xorg-app/xauth_1.0.3.bb b/meta/packages/xorg-app/xauth_1.0.3.bb
deleted file mode 100644
index 93ddf7e828..0000000000
--- a/meta/packages/xorg-app/xauth_1.0.3.bb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-require xorg-app-common.inc
-
-DESCRIPTION = "X authority file utility"
-DEPENDS += "libxau libxext libxmu"
-PR = "r1"
-PE = "1"
diff --git a/meta/packages/xorg-app/xauth_1.0.4.bb b/meta/packages/xorg-app/xauth_1.0.4.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d5f35768af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/packages/xorg-app/xauth_1.0.4.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+require xorg-app-common.inc
+
+DESCRIPTION = "X application to edit and display the authorization \
+information used in connecting to the X server"
+
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=5ec74dd7ea4d10c4715a7c44f159a40b"
+
+DEPENDS += "libxau libxext libxmu"
+PR = "r0"
+PE = "1"