diff --git a/srcpkgs/ponyc/template b/srcpkgs/ponyc/template
index c2a81810379..eafa44c500a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ponyc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ponyc/template
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'ponyc'
 pkgname=ponyc
-version=0.26.0
+version=0.27.0
 revision=1
 archs="x86_64"
 build_style=gnu-makefile
-hostmakedepends="llvm6.0"
+hostmakedepends="llvm7"
 makedepends="zlib-devel ncurses-devel libatomic-devel"
 depends="libatomic-devel"
 short_desc="OO, actor-model, capabilities-secure, high-performance language"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ maintainer="Brian Mitchell <brian@strmpnk.co>"
 license="BSD-2-Clause"
 homepage="https://ponylang.org/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/ponylang/ponyc/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=e65631dbf5418abd465cbd5912794feb61c0db9b76b916b39772ad2f623ad16e
+checksum=52afc7b2fa03e97b1e6535ccf78c2811df15fe8e37247f32c4b8cabd1b638448
 
 do_build() {
 	vsed -e 's/-Werror //' -i Makefile