diff --git a/cmake/toolchain/heptools-dev-base.cmake b/cmake/toolchain/heptools-dev-base.cmake
index 976fedc799ca1be4c39ad4183e0b8e6346b45470..54b0a8f8179665c30435741976df3a68656b268b 100644
--- a/cmake/toolchain/heptools-dev-base.cmake
+++ b/cmake/toolchain/heptools-dev-base.cmake
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ LCG_external_package(CouchDB           1.2
 LCG_external_package(coverage          4.5.3                                    )
 LCG_external_package(cppgsl            2.0.0                                    )
 LCG_external_package(CppUnit           1.14.0                 author=1.14.0     )
-LCG_external_package(cpymad            1.2.1                                    )
+LCG_external_package(cpymad            1.4.1                                    )
 LCG_external_package(cryptography      2.7                                      )
 if(${LCG_OS}${LCG_OSVERS} STREQUAL slc6)
   LCG_external_package(curl            7.19.7                                   )