diff --git a/srcpkgs/metacity/template b/srcpkgs/metacity/template
index 643ee4396b9..51904e577fb 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/metacity/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/metacity/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'metacity'
 pkgname=metacity
-version=3.38.0
+version=3.40.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="gettext gettext-devel glib-devel itstool pkg-config yelp-tools zenity"
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/metacity"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/${pkgname}/${version%.*}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=81193121b0d85dc93fef5701c00d0caf5313d10d9b19008403a4286cb04e11ac
+checksum=224c1f65487eac21f0c1d9856152343768ee726c48b1a8a2835a46a8ad9015b5