diff --git a/srcpkgs/luakit/template b/srcpkgs/luakit/template
index d7452688bb9..6bf89a9cd86 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/luakit/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/luakit/template
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Template file for 'luakit'
 pkgname=luakit
 reverts="2017.08.10_1"
-version=2.3.6
-revision=2
+version=2.4.0
+revision=1
 conf_files="/etc/xdg/luakit/*.lua"
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 make_build_args="DEVELOPMENT_PATHS=0 LUA_BIN_NAME=luajit USE_LUAJIT=1 VERSION=${version}"
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://luakit.github.io/"
 changelog="https://github.com/luakit/luakit/blob/develop/CHANGELOG.md"
 distfiles="https://github.com/luakit/luakit/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=8202fc515c7e64ddc0794b5623167b372f696bce757e6f767c5e03bfbe2beba0
+checksum=65f73939db561de21bba735bdf92c2b32d28c6610e3d114d1420a8477d531802
 make_check=no # missing luassert