diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnome-session/template b/srcpkgs/gnome-session/template
index c9bc4930c3..cbe15db817 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gnome-session/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnome-session/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'gnome-session'
 pkgname=gnome-session
-version=3.38.0
+version=40.beta
 revision=1
 build_style=meson
 configure_args="-Dsystemd_journal=false -Dsystemd_session=disable"
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later, LGPL-2.1-or-later"
 homepage="https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-session"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/${pkgname}/${version%.*}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=7bcc0eb2cdba4b3f6d1b459b3a30873b7bb65b383c1f6a5f63c3e3b5c7943d67
+checksum=2930f1f396b48e06726b04bbba109f7bea73a3ded2c943324f301820bd332846
 
 post_install() {
 	rm -rf ${DESTDIR}/tmp