diff --git a/srcpkgs/nqp/template b/srcpkgs/nqp/template
index fea2461cd45..5060f52d82b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nqp/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nqp/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template build file for 'nqp'.
 pkgname=nqp
-version=2016.03
+version=2016.07
 revision=1
 build_style=configure
 configure_script="perl Configure.pl"
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ homepage="http://github.com/perl6/nqp"
 license="Artistic-2.0"
 distfiles="https://github.com/perl6/nqp/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
 nocross="yes"
-checksum=243dac4b4b05867152098a6727fa9accd713121bd33f6bc7ed7abe2802a50f98
+checksum=ef7ba7bf0c0d572e5b81c5cea13f53c7679931c30fb59572d70493a12af511e8