diff --git a/srcpkgs/exiftool/template b/srcpkgs/exiftool/template
index 7612f535d3..5a0a83e5e7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/exiftool/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/exiftool/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'exiftool'
 pkgname=exiftool
-version=12.39
+version=12.40
 revision=1
 wrksrc="Image-ExifTool-${version}"
 build_style=perl-module
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ license="Artistic-1.0-Perl, GPL-1.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://exiftool.org/"
 changelog="https://exiftool.org/history.html"
 distfiles="https://exiftool.org/Image-ExifTool-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=403ab5293a44725f045a3f5afdbc45d13c20854ba51f7d0ee720d5d30b31cba2
+checksum=7ae3f6e1183926aff8a0440eb8071bb5b2a335fc1522597f109780ab16617f5f