diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl-DBD-mysql/template b/srcpkgs/perl-DBD-mysql/template
index 9c30064087..4dd66e0216 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/perl-DBD-mysql/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl-DBD-mysql/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'perl-DBD-mysql'
 pkgname=perl-DBD-mysql
-version=4.038
+version=4.040
 revision=1
 wrksrc="DBD-mysql-${version}"
 build_style=perl-module
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ maintainer="Diogo Leal <diogo@diogoleal.com>"
 homepage="http://search.cpan.org/dist/DBD-mysql/"
 license="Artistic, GPL-1"
 distfiles="${CPAN_SITE}/DBD/DBD-mysql-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=4174bb885a5ccb34d942fc10fafb8bfcbc6d4b4311681ed90727ae1d3bd122e8
+checksum=a3438bba3cce02b13870b146b9db76a519b98e978d9dfe8516a63daff2989040