diff --git a/perl/rakudo/rakudo.SlackBuild b/perl/rakudo/rakudo.SlackBuild
index d4b5149f82..8c35fe18e6 100644
--- a/perl/rakudo/rakudo.SlackBuild
+++ b/perl/rakudo/rakudo.SlackBuild
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 
 PRGNAM=rakudo
-VERSION=${VERSION:-2020.02.1}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2020.05}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/perl/rakudo/rakudo.info b/perl/rakudo/rakudo.info
index a84fa83c7f..ee5a98ccea 100644
--- a/perl/rakudo/rakudo.info
+++ b/perl/rakudo/rakudo.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="rakudo"
-VERSION="2020.02.1"
+VERSION="2020.05"
 HOMEPAGE="https://rakudo.org/"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/rakudo/rakudo/releases/download/2020.02.1/rakudo-2020.02.1.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="49da46f14d286172f50a6b173c4863eb"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/rakudo/rakudo/releases/download/2020.05/rakudo-2020.05.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="7d9698a23ad170e4e718142215263248"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="nqp"