diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl-DateTime/template b/srcpkgs/perl-DateTime/template
index 8117dcfe4c..fc172e5598 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/perl-DateTime/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl-DateTime/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template build file for 'perl-DateTime'.
 pkgname=perl-DateTime
-version=1.39
+version=1.40
 revision=1
 wrksrc="${pkgname/perl-/}-${version}"
 build_style=perl-module
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ maintainer="John Regan <john@jrjrtech.com>"
 homepage="http://search.cpan.org/dist/DateTime"
 license="Artistic, GPL-1"
 distfiles="${CPAN_SITE}/DateTime/${pkgname/perl-/}-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=2d876b624b9c0a18acea9d30495649daf11fb0e01171ef20780072ee97c4a494
+checksum=5f340af70c738d5bf9d402560c9999c207e38e8a3d131e4413b5fa895af79247