diff --git a/srcpkgs/glib/template b/srcpkgs/glib/template
index 6d93ae84b85..fe5994f5feb 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/glib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/glib/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template build file for 'glib'
 pkgname=glib
-version=2.38.2
+version=2.40.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-fam --with-pcre=system --enable-static"
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ short_desc="The GNU library of C routines"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.gtk.org/"
 license="LGPL-2.1"
-distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/glib/2.38/glib-$version.tar.xz"
-checksum=056a9854c0966a0945e16146b3345b7a82562a5ba4d5516fd10398732aea5734
+distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/glib/${version%.*}/glib-$version.tar.xz"
+checksum=0d27f195966ecb1995dcce0754129fd66ebe820c7cd29200d264b02af1aa28b5
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	configure_args+=" glib_cv_long_long_format=I64