diff --git a/srcpkgs/git/template b/srcpkgs/git/template
index 998cfa3edcf..c97868e23fc 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/git/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/git/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'git'
 pkgname=git
-version=2.40.0
+version=2.40.1
 revision=1
 hostmakedepends="asciidoc gettext perl pkg-config tk xmlto"
 makedepends="libglib-devel libcurl-devel libsecret-devel pcre2-devel tk-devel"
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ license="GPL-2.0-only"
 homepage="https://git-scm.com/"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/git/git/master/Documentation/RelNotes/${version}.txt"
 distfiles="https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=b17a598fbf58729ef13b577465eb93b2d484df1201518b708b5044ff623bf46d
+checksum=4893b8b98eefc9fdc4b0e7ca249e340004faa7804a433d17429e311e1fef21d2
 replaces="git-perl>=0"
 register_shell=/usr/bin/git-shell
 python_version=3