diff --git a/srcpkgs/MoarVM/template b/srcpkgs/MoarVM/template
index 1e64c79be55..58f0f9e495c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/MoarVM/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/MoarVM/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template build file for 'MoarVM'.
 pkgname=MoarVM
-version=2016.07
+version=2017.09.1
 revision=1
 build_style=configure
 configure_script="perl Configure.pl"
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ license="Artistic-2.0"
 distfiles="http://moarvm.org/releases/MoarVM-${version}.tar.gz"
 nocross="yes"
 shlib_provides="libmoar.so"
-checksum=6b78e25a5399744d3e6dc98e896849234dab1760cd618c07cf94a50caac06a6f
+checksum=1c09b70a6b454abb48baaa9432e90c33002983cdb96328418f1be1a572e11f47
 
 do_clean() {
 	rm -rf ${DESTDIR}/usr/include/libuv ${DESTDIR}/usr/include/libtommath