diff --git a/srcpkgs/nqp/template b/srcpkgs/nqp/template
index dc9d118b26b..298333eaad3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nqp/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nqp/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template build file for 'nqp'.
 pkgname=nqp
-version=2017.12
+version=2018.01
 revision=1
 build_style=configure
 configure_script="perl Configure.pl"
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@ homepage="http://github.com/perl6/nqp"
 license="Artistic-2.0"
 distfiles="https://github.com/perl6/nqp/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
 nocross=yes
-checksum=4148287740616b4bcdd0f05edf5085e233c7006c458d4de258b4a03b7c1a681c
+checksum=95b582ead76ef0e813c04c7060508c7b07d8dd9e4d9ae14b536156f400e09d27
 make_check_target="test"