diff --git a/srcpkgs/libxml++/template b/srcpkgs/libxml++/template
index 9acce8dfd5d..454247f4697 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libxml++/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libxml++/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# Template build file for 'libxml++'.
+# Template file for 'libxml++'.
 pkgname=libxml++
-version=2.40.0
+version=2.40.1
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config perl"
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 homepage="http://libxmlplusplus.sourceforge.net/"
 license="LGPL-2.1"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/${pkgname}/${version%.*}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=a7b9703203696972cae50436e150979ef187d9b03c95519bdd89623b4068162a
+checksum=4ad4abdd3258874f61c2e2a41d08e9930677976d303653cd1670d3e9f35463e9
 
 pre_install() {
 	sed -i -e 's/install-data-am: install-data-local install-dist_referenceDATA/install-data-am: /' Makefile