diff --git a/srcpkgs/nqp/template b/srcpkgs/nqp/template
index 2d7d05ec0ff..b9ea2e43889 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nqp/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nqp/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'nqp'
 pkgname=nqp
-version=2018.08
+version=2018.09
 revision=1
 build_style=configure
 make_check_target=test
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@ maintainer="Ruslan <axetwe@gmail.com>"
 license="Artistic-2.0"
 homepage="https://github.com/perl6/nqp"
 distfiles="https://github.com/perl6/nqp/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=f14b624f05134204e5a20164f9faa37204ca9f8f221fbbd67eb4592fb8d0d487
+checksum=76cfdf787a34e03e0e8817c6b6b727ef362b6d3e8448158c54e5d73eb1fcabcf
 nocross=yes