diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 3c7a6e7f8f..bbe55668e4 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -2951,7 +2951,7 @@ libbctoolbox.so.1 bctoolbox-0.6.0_1
 libortp.so.15 ortp-4.4.0_1
 libsuperlu.so.5 superlu-5.2.1_1
 libgosu.so.0 gosu-0.12.0_1
-libyara.so.4 libyara-4.0.5_2
+libyara.so.8 libyara-4.1.0_1
 libyaz_icu.so.5 yaz-5.23.1_1
 libyaz.so.5 yaz-5.23.1_1
 libyaz_server.so.5 yaz-5.23.1_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/yara/template b/srcpkgs/yara/template
index 668ab97b1a..9fd7c4eb4b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/yara/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/yara/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'yara'
 pkgname=yara
-version=4.0.5
-revision=2
+version=4.1.0
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-magic --enable-cuckoo"
 hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ maintainer="Andrew Benson <abenson+void@gmail.com>"
 license="BSD-3-Clause"
 homepage="https://virustotal.github.io/yara/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=ea7ebefad05831faf6f780cab721611b0135803f03a84c27eeba7bfe0afc3aae
+checksum=8bee0e16ce56335d88e33349783dba8957d02da3339fd04df577ff1d2fa811af
 
 pre_configure() {
 	autoreconf -fi