diff --git a/srcpkgs/ponyc/template b/srcpkgs/ponyc/template
index 70ecd9b770d..7cc90660f72 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ponyc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ponyc/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'ponyc'
 pkgname=ponyc
-version=0.25.0
+version=0.26.0
 revision=1
 only_for_archs="x86_64"
 build_style=gnu-makefile
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ maintainer="Brian Mitchell <brian@strmpnk.co>"
 license="BSD-2-Clause"
 homepage="https://ponylang.org/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/ponylang/ponyc/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=8420d84f178db325934d77dc407a7f98d6bd14b8cf8036e17b41f886f5820cb2
+checksum=e65631dbf5418abd465cbd5912794feb61c0db9b76b916b39772ad2f623ad16e
 
 do_build() {
-	sed -i 's/-Werror //' Makefile
+	vsed -e 's/-Werror //' -i Makefile
 
 	make config=release default_pic=true
 }