diff --git a/devel/p5-Alien-Build/Makefile b/devel/p5-Alien-Build/Makefile
index bf4c55e30e272..4bdd39e337f18 100644
--- a/devel/p5-Alien-Build/Makefile
+++ b/devel/p5-Alien-Build/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	Alien-Build
-PORTVERSION=	2.38
+PORTVERSION=	2.40
 CATEGORIES=	devel perl5
 MASTER_SITES=	CPAN
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	p5-
diff --git a/devel/p5-Alien-Build/distinfo b/devel/p5-Alien-Build/distinfo
index ed8f2034788ca..dd8c4306f5f9f 100644
--- a/devel/p5-Alien-Build/distinfo
+++ b/devel/p5-Alien-Build/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1611665687
-SHA256 (Alien-Build-2.38.tar.gz) = 6bbd4116d1a08f95df669fcba16acd6a7e94329843abc8cb7c4b038d1778bded
-SIZE (Alien-Build-2.38.tar.gz) = 331770
+TIMESTAMP = 1622038064
+SHA256 (Alien-Build-2.40.tar.gz) = 85bcbce09566b9a5fc0f4867dd55e447ef4218bd05825f4b852acb9a3127436f
+SIZE (Alien-Build-2.40.tar.gz) = 339747