diff --git a/perl/nqp/nqp.SlackBuild b/perl/nqp/nqp.SlackBuild
index 8a8ccfce83..7c169697d1 100644
--- a/perl/nqp/nqp.SlackBuild
+++ b/perl/nqp/nqp.SlackBuild
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=nqp
-VERSION=${VERSION:-2021.09}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2021.12}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
diff --git a/perl/nqp/nqp.info b/perl/nqp/nqp.info
index b2f714d124..c7758ba64e 100644
--- a/perl/nqp/nqp.info
+++ b/perl/nqp/nqp.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="nqp"
-VERSION="2021.09"
+VERSION="2021.12"
 HOMEPAGE="https://rakudo.org"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/Raku/nqp/releases/download/2021.09/nqp-2021.09.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="dad21108718bb4409b6ff4258b602e62"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/Raku/nqp/releases/download/2021.12/nqp-2021.12.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="cd01ea4652488666fef5a57c8cfe7b3d"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="MoarVM"