diff --git a/templates/mpfr/template b/templates/mpfr/template
index ae6f30a9f90..3ac16e627c3 100644
--- a/templates/mpfr/template
+++ b/templates/mpfr/template
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Template build file for 'mpfr'
 pkgname=mpfr
-version=2.3.2
+version=2.4.0
 distfiles="http://www.mpfr.org/mpfr-current/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
 build_style=gnu_configure
 configure_args="--enable-thread-safe"
 short_desc="Library for multiple-precision floating-point computations"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=18e078c996e182b7ceab32f2ab840e6a151b593e0cd5b83cb9d2960f212fba4c
+checksum=be3d51ec2bdac6efb9408cde8882a936c8f43b1fde9aac5f0ce2682745e0529d
 long_desc="
  The MPFR library is a C library for multiple-precision floating-point
  computations with correct rounding. MPFR has continuously been supported