diff --git a/srcpkgs/sbcl/template b/srcpkgs/sbcl/template
index 8489ec50ddf..84701b4ce80 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sbcl/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sbcl/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'sbcl'
 pkgname=sbcl
-version=2.3.11
+version=2.4.0
 revision=1
 # make sure the sbcl option in maxima is enabled for the same archs
 archs="i686 x86_64* armv7l aarch64 ppc64le*"
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ license="custom:BSD+public_domain"
 homepage="http://www.sbcl.org/"
 changelog="http://www.sbcl.org/news.html"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}-source.tar.bz2"
-checksum=84beeb8d72c87897847fc0285adcb3fa4f481bdb39102c4fb9ab79684184ad29
+checksum=83d8b74f08d2254c59b9790bc1f669e09099457b884720ececbf45f4b46d1776
 nocross=yes
 nopie=yes
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ _bootstrap_lisp="bash ../sbcl-*-linux/run-sbcl.sh --no-sysinit --no-userinit --d
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 x86_64)
 	distfiles+=" ${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}-x86-64-linux-binary.tar.bz2"
-	checksum+=" 98784b04f68882b887984242eef73dbb092ec5c778dd536b2c60846715e03f3c"
+	checksum+=" 50afb9765d6a2f937f609ac33ebe553326347aef23eddd49c46d76456a5b3095"
 	;;
 arm*)
 	distfiles+=" ${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-1.2.14-armhf-linux-binary.tar.bz2"