diff --git a/srcpkgs/nqp/template b/srcpkgs/nqp/template
index eaee27366a7..3562bd7d06f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nqp/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nqp/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template build file for 'nqp'.
 pkgname=nqp
-version=2017.09
+version=2017.10
 revision=1
 build_style=configure
 configure_script="perl Configure.pl"
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ homepage="http://github.com/perl6/nqp"
 license="Artistic-2.0"
 distfiles="https://github.com/perl6/nqp/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
 nocross=yes
-checksum=fd46e365e6296287f38943b51e5d95e096b49c982d1172220c1e905277fd794c
+checksum=499cd78f4fb5658ae5f840de706a12ca5f0da14ab71220a2d72fd31ec1419eb9