diff --git a/perl/nqp/nqp.SlackBuild b/perl/nqp/nqp.SlackBuild
index ea4def78b8..8a8ccfce83 100644
--- a/perl/nqp/nqp.SlackBuild
+++ b/perl/nqp/nqp.SlackBuild
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=nqp
-VERSION=${VERSION:-2021.03}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2021.09}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
diff --git a/perl/nqp/nqp.info b/perl/nqp/nqp.info
index b4b8435c7f..b2f714d124 100644
--- a/perl/nqp/nqp.info
+++ b/perl/nqp/nqp.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="nqp"
-VERSION="2021.03"
+VERSION="2021.09"
 HOMEPAGE="https://rakudo.org"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/Raku/nqp/releases/download/2021.03/nqp-2021.03.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="da691c02a904f960c8b1cedb7a96da8a"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/Raku/nqp/releases/download/2021.09/nqp-2021.09.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="dad21108718bb4409b6ff4258b602e62"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="MoarVM"