diff --git a/srcpkgs/nqp/template b/srcpkgs/nqp/template
index 298333eaad3..b3947c8296c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nqp/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nqp/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template build file for 'nqp'.
 pkgname=nqp
-version=2018.01
+version=2018.02
 revision=1
 build_style=configure
 configure_script="perl Configure.pl"
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@ homepage="http://github.com/perl6/nqp"
 license="Artistic-2.0"
 distfiles="https://github.com/perl6/nqp/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
 nocross=yes
-checksum=95b582ead76ef0e813c04c7060508c7b07d8dd9e4d9ae14b536156f400e09d27
+checksum=7c44a3c37122ca4d47c6a95d5f8c8395149e2c472d1cbef1320280bc4b97e0d1
 make_check_target="test"