diff --git a/srcpkgs/openbabel/template b/srcpkgs/openbabel/template
index 6d04950bfd..570878777c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/openbabel/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/openbabel/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'openbabel'
 pkgname=openbabel
-version=2.3.2
+version=2.4.0
 revision=1
 _ver=${version//./-}
 wrksrc=${pkgname}-${pkgname}-${_ver}
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ maintainer="Diogo Leal <diogo@diogoleal.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://openbabel.org"
 distfiles="https://github.com/openbabel/openbabel/archive/openbabel-${_ver}.tar.gz"
-checksum=cad75883dc2a848fcf1addfce6eeb516d531f783bb81395fc0a41e079b00342c
+checksum=b210cc952ce1ecab6efaf76708d3bd179c9b0f0d73fe8bd1e0c934df7391a82a
 
 openbabel-devel_package() {
 	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"