diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-watchdog/template b/srcpkgs/python3-watchdog/template
index f17c078d5b0..04daa9ed452 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-watchdog/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-watchdog/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'python3-watchdog'
 pkgname=python3-watchdog
-version=3.0.0
-revision=2
+version=4.0.0
+revision=1
 build_style=python3-module
 make_check_args="--deselect tests/test_inotify_buffer.py::test_unmount_watched_directory_filesystem"
 hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ license="Apache-2.0"
 homepage="https://github.com/gorakhargosh/watchdog"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gorakhargosh/watchdog/master/changelog.rst"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/w/watchdog/watchdog-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=4d98a320595da7a7c5a18fc48cb633c2e73cda78f93cac2ef42d42bf609a33f9
+checksum=e3e7065cbdabe6183ab82199d7a4f6b3ba0a438c5a512a68559846ccb76a78ec
 conflicts="python-watchdog>=0"
 
 pre_check() {