diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index cd16c67d207..315cada03da 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -2272,10 +2272,10 @@ libFcitx5Config.so.6 libfcitx5-5.0.5_1
 libFcitx5GClient.so.2 fcitx5-gtk-5.0.4_1
 libFcitx5Qt5DBusAddons.so.1 fcitx5-qt5-5.0.3_1
 libFcitx5Qt5WidgetsAddons.so.2 fcitx5-qt5-5.0.3_1
-libdruntime-ldc-debug-shared.so.101 ldc-runtime-1.31.0_1
-libdruntime-ldc-shared.so.101 ldc-runtime-1.31.0_1
-libphobos2-ldc-shared.so.101 ldc-runtime-1.31.0_1
-libphobos2-ldc-debug-shared.so.101 ldc-runtime-1.31.0_1
+libdruntime-ldc-debug-shared.so.109 ldc-runtime-1.39.0_1
+libdruntime-ldc-shared.so.109 ldc-runtime-1.39.0_1
+libphobos2-ldc-shared.so.109 ldc-runtime-1.39.0_1
+libphobos2-ldc-debug-shared.so.109 ldc-runtime-1.39.0_1
 libFcitx5Qt6DBusAddons.so.1 fcitx5-qt6-5.1.4_1
 libFcitx5Qt6WidgetsAddons.so.2 fcitx5-qt6-5.1.4_1
 libmarblewidget-qt5.so.28 marble5-17.12.2_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/ldc/template b/srcpkgs/ldc/template
index 533d6c70d37..145dee47656 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ldc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ldc/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'ldc'
 pkgname=ldc
-version=1.31.0
-revision=2
+version=1.39.0
+revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="
  -DINCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR=/usr/include/dlang/ldc
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ configure_args="
  -DCOMPILE_D_MODULES_SEPARATELY=ON
  -DC_SYSTEM_LIBS='unwind;m;pthread;rt;dl'"
 conf_files="/etc/ldc2.conf"
-hostmakedepends="dmd llvm15 perl pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="dmd llvm18 perl pkg-config"
 makedepends="libcurl-devel libffi-devel ncurses-devel zlib-devel
- llvm-libunwind-devel"
+ llvm18-devel llvm-libunwind-devel"
 depends="ldc-runtime llvm-libunwind-devel"
 checkdepends="python3"
 short_desc="Portable D programming language compiler based on LLVM"
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ license="BSD-3-Clause, BSL-1.0"
 homepage="https://wiki.dlang.org/LDC"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ldc-developers/ldc/master/CHANGELOG.md"
 distfiles="https://github.com/ldc-developers/ldc/releases/download/v${version}/ldc-${version}-src.tar.gz"
-checksum=f1c8ece9e1e35806c3441bf24fbe666cddd8eef375592c19cd8fee4701cd5458
+checksum=839bac36f6073318e36f0b163767e03bdbd3f57d99256b97494ac439b59a4562
 nopie=yes
 nocross="dmd compilation fails on cross"
 # tests timeout on musl; also require unpackaged python3-lit