diff --git a/extra/wpewebkit/PKGBUILD b/extra/wpewebkit/PKGBUILD
index 19e840471..77338fb3e 100644
--- a/extra/wpewebkit/PKGBUILD
+++ b/extra/wpewebkit/PKGBUILD
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ pkgname=(
   wpewebkit
   wpewebkit-docs
 )
-pkgver=2.40.0
-pkgrel=2
+pkgver=2.40.1
+pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Embeddable web content engine"
 url="https://wpewebkit.org"
 arch=(x86_64)
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ makedepends=(
 source=(
   $url/releases/wpewebkit-$pkgver.tar.xz{,.asc}
 )
-sha256sums=('a8ec2bcfa1613768ab3ce7f65cac4f214835266c2ff59440d72180baec3086b6'
+sha256sums=('c6b25e168b70f2121305ed078d0790e0aa4b0c73fce44e32ed42d4e5dd137ccb'
             'SKIP')
 validpgpkeys=(
   'D7FCF61CF9A2DEAB31D81BD3F3D322D0EC4582C3'  # Carlos Garcia Campos <cgarcia@igalia.com>