diff --git a/contrib/nsd/template.py b/contrib/nsd/template.py
index c1c89bc079..405a4446af 100644
--- a/contrib/nsd/template.py
+++ b/contrib/nsd/template.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 pkgname = "nsd"
-pkgver = "4.9.1"
+pkgver = "4.10.0"
 pkgrel = 0
 build_style = "gnu_configure"
 configure_args = ["--with-user=_nsd"]
+# simdzone fails to load its own includes if we don't do this
+make_dir = "."
 make_check_target = "test"
 hostmakedepends = ["automake", "bison", "flex"]
 makedepends = [
@@ -14,8 +16,8 @@
 license = "BSD-3-Clause"
 url = "https://nlnetlabs.nl/projects/nsd/about"
 source = f"https://nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/{pkgname}/{pkgname}-{pkgver}.tar.gz"
-sha256 = "a6c23a53ee8111fa71e77b7565d1b8f486ea695770816585fbddf14e4367e6df"
-hardening = ["vis", "cfi"]
+sha256 = "6317d7f5e3f01c33912f313d66a33dd1ace1cdf7f19d5c590b2e430d8ca4605f"
+hardening = ["cfi", "vis"]
 
 
 def post_install(self):