diff --git a/srcpkgs/yara/template b/srcpkgs/yara/template
index fc2fc823cf8..b761e2b14b4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/yara/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/yara/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'yara'
 pkgname=yara
-version=4.3.2
-revision=2
+version=4.4.0
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-magic --enable-cuckoo"
 hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ maintainer="Andrew Benson <abenson+void@gmail.com>"
 license="BSD-3-Clause"
 homepage="https://virustotal.github.io/yara/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=a9587a813dc00ac8cdcfd6646d7f1c172f730cda8046ce849dfea7d3f6600b15
+checksum=301ddefefddba352022da8982f4c86f898827cd2c8c3394e2db08110c4caf7aa
 
 pre_configure() {
 	autoreconf -fi