diff --git a/xbps-src b/xbps-src
index be329b01776..8b7bd1c2b8c 100755
--- a/xbps-src
+++ b/xbps-src
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ read_pkg() {
     setup_pkg $XBPS_TARGET_PKG $XBPS_CROSS_BUILD
 }
 
-readonly XBPS_VERSION_REQ="0.38"
+readonly XBPS_VERSION_REQ="0.41"
 
 readonly XBPS_VERSION=$(xbps-uhelper -V|awk '{print $2}')
 readonly XBPS_SRC_VERSION="113"