diff --git a/main/perl-cpanel-json-xs/APKBUILD b/main/perl-cpanel-json-xs/APKBUILD
index 135ae991e56..bfe7c1c1abb 100644
--- a/main/perl-cpanel-json-xs/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/perl-cpanel-json-xs/APKBUILD
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 pkgname=perl-cpanel-json-xs
 #_pkgreal is used by apkbuild-cpan to find modules at MetaCpan
 _pkgreal=Cpanel-JSON-XS
-pkgver=4.37
+pkgver=4.40
 pkgrel=0
 pkgdesc="cPanel fork of JSON::XS, fast and correct serializing"
 url="https://metacpan.org/release/Cpanel-JSON-XS/"
@@ -32,5 +32,5 @@ package() {
 }
 
 sha512sums="
-f1b5fc161711815f33b3e05a19111d9c94ef817c952eb3d317cb8bc3fd973acdb645a6b129cb21345dccf4a161de069f0ab2d3cb807e7f6b20ebe2527ef48978  Cpanel-JSON-XS-4.37.tar.gz
+686421cf1be5151b9fa6609133336e5832a727800c62edb4d6ae98a048c99484c7b24b7346e9a3b907c1738eca5737258fa66ae7d87d400b8c5b204486a5d6b7  Cpanel-JSON-XS-4.40.tar.gz
 "