diff --git a/srcpkgs/vala/template b/srcpkgs/vala/template
index e77a90219de..bd6ef73b12a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vala/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/vala/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'vala'
 pkgname=vala
-version=0.40.6
+version=0.40.7
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="flex libxslt pkg-config automake libtool"
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ short_desc="Compiler for the GObject type system"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"
 homepage="https://live.gnome.org/Vala"
+changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GNOME/vala/0.40/NEWS"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/vala/${version%.*}/vala-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=6da450f1a73e0f1e17506e68cce5b9e8996349e576d3f8cb6b0b73ee22e44be2
+checksum=bee662f60ab3a0d5266c1dd66f508cd9ed3254d74622d23c2d6bd94c91990aec
 
 pre_configure() {
 	autoreconf -fi