diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index f3565e8f132..3c0764aa39c 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -1511,7 +1511,6 @@ libmozjs-24.so mozjs24-24.2.0_1
 libmozjs-38.so mozjs38-38.8.0_1
 libmediaart-2.0.so.0 libmediaart-1.9.1_1
 libinput.so.10 libinput-1.2.0_1
-libvaladoc.so.0 valadoc-0.36.0_1
 libuhttpmock-0.0.so.0 uhttpmock-0.2.0_1
 libgfbgraph-0.2.so.0 gfbgraph-0.2.2_1
 libgtkhex-3.so.0 libgtkhex-3.10.0_1
@@ -2989,8 +2988,8 @@ libsysprof-2.so sysprof-3.24.1_1
 libsysprof-ui-2.so sysprof-3.24.1_1
 libmozjs-52.so mozjs52-52.3.0_1
 libmozjs-52.so.0 mozjs52-52.3.0_1
-libvala-0.38.so.0 libvala-0.38.1_1
-libvaladoc-0.38.so.0 libvala-0.38.1_1
+libvala-0.40.so.0 libvala-0.40.2_1
+libvaladoc-0.40.so.0 libvala-0.40.2_1
 libphodav-2.0.so.0 phodav-2.2_1
 libgfshare.so.2 libgfshare-2.0.0_1
 libtracker-miner-2.0.so.0 libtracker-2.0.1_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/vala/template b/srcpkgs/vala/template
index 83ae0f8e037..c1adfba5d5f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vala/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/vala/template
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 # Template file for 'vala'
 pkgname=vala
-version=0.38.8
+version=0.40.2
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config flex libxslt automake libtool"
-makedepends="libglib-devel libfl-devel graphviz-devel"
-checkdepends="dbus gir-freedesktop libgirepository-devel"
+hostmakedepends="flex libxslt pkg-config automake libtool"
+makedepends="graphviz-devel libfl-devel libglib-devel"
+checkdepends="dbus libgirepository-devel"
 short_desc="Compiler for the GObject type system"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.eu>"
 homepage="http://live.gnome.org/Vala"
-license="LGPL-2.1"
+license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/vala/${version%.*}/vala-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=2fa746b51cd66e43577d1da06a80b708c2875cadaafee77e9700ea35cf23882c
+checksum=75a3dc2de36873d8ceab168b2fde1b2c378a1f7104a3b3391ba3acf579c674b3
 
 pre_configure() {
 	autoreconf -fi
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ libvala_package() {
 		vmove usr/lib/*.so.*
 	}
 }
+
 vala-devel_package() {
 	depends="libglib-devel vala>=${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"