diff --git a/community/binutils-cross/APKBUILD b/community/binutils-cross/APKBUILD
index 0d64fc6f3ee..1089ff82c60 100644
--- a/community/binutils-cross/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/binutils-cross/APKBUILD
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 # Contributor: Ariadne Conill <ariadne@dereferenced.org>
 # Maintainer: Drew DeVault <sir@cmpwn.com>
 pkgname=binutils-cross
-pkgver=2.39
-pkgrel=1
+pkgver=2.40
+pkgrel=0
 pkgdesc="Tools necessary to build programs for foreign architectures"
 url="https://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/"
 makedepends_build="bison flex texinfo"
-makedepends_host="zlib-dev"
+makedepends_host="zlib-dev zstd-dev"
 makedepends="$makedepends_build $makedepends_host"
 arch="all"
 license="GPL-2.0 GPL-3.0-or-later LGPL-2.0 BSD"
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ _x86_64() {
 }
 
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