diff --git a/srcpkgs/nqp/template b/srcpkgs/nqp/template
index 1c0f7a68301..27f378d4c43 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nqp/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nqp/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'nqp'
 pkgname=nqp
-version=2018.09
+version=2018.10
 revision=1
 build_style=configure
 make_check_target=test
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ configure_script="perl Configure.pl"
 configure_args="--prefix=/usr --backends=moar"
 hostmakedepends="perl"
 makedepends="MoarVM"
-depends="MoarVM"
+depends="MoarVM-${version}_${revision}"
 short_desc="Not Quite Perl, a lightweight Perl 6-like environment for VMs"
 maintainer="Ruslan <axetwe@gmail.com>"
 license="Artistic-2.0"
 homepage="https://github.com/perl6/nqp"
-distfiles="https://rakudo.perl6.org/downloads/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=8effea7b14a52a4c09a000bf6cde4cbf13385246af9b31a5da4dab27361ca905
+distfiles="https://rakudo.perl6.org/downloads/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=ea97fd1ff3f9cf3efe10bcff8795bc0a6d1e0f316eb213f061c8fc1585f891c7
 nocross=yes