diff --git a/srcpkgs/nqp/template b/srcpkgs/nqp/template
index 56fc8829b77..c200daeb4c0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nqp/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nqp/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'nqp'
 pkgname=nqp
-version=2018.12
+version=2019.03
 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://rakudo.perl6.org/downloads/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=219db519ad5c1848e4528a56a506dd74b0839ca1d910788411f3bfedf5045d36
+checksum=03ddced47583189a5ff316c05350f6f39c15f75ce44d38b409a4bb1128857fa0
 nocross=yes