diff --git a/srcpkgs/vala/template b/srcpkgs/vala/template
index ca9cc486eb8..d34fd9ea31d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vala/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/vala/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'vala'
 pkgname=vala
-version=0.40.8
-revision=2
+version=0.40.9
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="flex libxslt pkg-config automake libtool"
 makedepends="libfl-devel libglib-devel"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"
 homepage="https://live.gnome.org/Vala"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GNOME/vala/0.40/NEWS"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/vala/${version%.*}/vala-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=5c35e087a7054e9f0a514a0c1f1d0a0d7cf68d3e43c1dbeb840f9b0d815c0fa5
+checksum=c7ff0480779b2d78d6ff78f5fd165b3ba972e4fa9e9da1b411ff4375a78c6a7b
 
 pre_configure() {
 	# https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/vala/issues/596