diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-numexpr/template b/srcpkgs/python-numexpr/template
index d506e88ce7a..1db40092411 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-numexpr/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-numexpr/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'python-numexpr'
 pkgname=python-numexpr
-version=2.6.9
-revision=2
+version=2.7.0
+revision=1
 wrksrc="numexpr-${version}"
 build_style=python-module
 pycompile_module="numexpr"
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ makedepends="python-devel python3-devel python-numpy python3-numpy"
 depends="python-numpy"
 short_desc="Fast numerical expression evaluator for NumPy (Python2)"
 maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
-homepage="https://github.com/pydata/numexpr"
 license="MIT"
+homepage="https://github.com/pydata/numexpr"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/n/numexpr/numexpr-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=fc218b777cdbb14fa8cff8f28175ee631bacabbdd41ca34e061325b6c44a6fa6
+checksum=37324b5981b8962102bdc8640c4f05f5589da5d1df2702418783085cb78ca217
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE.txt