diff --git a/perl/nqp/nqp.SlackBuild b/perl/nqp/nqp.SlackBuild
index 14423d4fc5..1db6f5d1dd 100644
--- a/perl/nqp/nqp.SlackBuild
+++ b/perl/nqp/nqp.SlackBuild
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 
 PRGNAM=nqp
-VERSION=${VERSION:-2020.02.1}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2020.05}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/perl/nqp/nqp.info b/perl/nqp/nqp.info
index 541e7ac1d5..cf83326531 100644
--- a/perl/nqp/nqp.info
+++ b/perl/nqp/nqp.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="nqp"
-VERSION="2020.02.1"
+VERSION="2020.05"
 HOMEPAGE="https://rakudo.org"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/perl6/nqp/releases/download/2020.02.1/nqp-2020.02.1.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="856c040867d125bb9ccd258dd059caba"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/perl6/nqp/releases/download/2020.05/nqp-2020.05.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="c8c354782ed30e66bba7d4f505aff94c"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="MoarVM"