diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnome-characters/template b/srcpkgs/gnome-characters/template
index ac264e51a6a..472b961b1ee 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gnome-characters/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnome-characters/template
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 # Template file for 'gnome-characters'
 pkgname=gnome-characters
-version=3.34.0
-revision=3
+version=40.0
+revision=1
 build_style=meson
 build_helper="gir"
 hostmakedepends="gettext gjs glib-devel itstool pkg-config"
-makedepends="gjs-devel libglib-devel gtk+3-devel libunistring-devel"
+makedepends="gjs-devel libglib-devel gtk+3-devel libunistring-devel libhandy1-devel"
 depends="gnome-desktop gjs"
 short_desc="Utility to find and insert unusual characters for GNOME"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://wiki.gnome.org/Design/Apps/CharacterMap"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/${pkgname}/${version%.*}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=14438572ee2a99305a5d514d83237c01e873a7bb7dfff5478bbb327894ee0a57
+checksum=0a62f5fd56592d0f3eb7be4b132db796c998d7be08ed67e4bf7f059138515d7c
 lib32disabled=yes