diff --git a/srcpkgs/gmp/template b/srcpkgs/gmp/template
index d15c299eed..345b5f88fc 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gmp/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gmp/template
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 # Template build file for 'gmp'
 pkgname=gmp
-version=5.1.3
-revision=2
+version=6.0.0
+revision=1
 bootstrap=yes
 build_style=gnu-configure
-# Build with -fexceptions as suggested by ppl.
-CPPFLAGS="-fexceptions"
 configure_args="--enable-cxx --build=${XBPS_MACHINE}-unknown-linux-gnu"
 if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" = "i686" ]; then
 	cnfigure_args+=" ABI=32"
@@ -15,8 +13,8 @@ short_desc="Library for arbitrary precision arithmetic"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="LGPL-3"
 homepage="http://gmplib.org/"
-distfiles="http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/gnu/gmp/gmp-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=dee2eda37f4ff541f30019932db0c37f6f77a30ba3609234933b1818f9b07071
+distfiles="http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/gnu/gmp/gmp-${version}a.tar.xz"
+checksum=9156d32edac6955bc53b0218f5f3763facb890b73a835d5e1b901dcf8eb8b764
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	hostmakedepends="libtool"