diff --git a/perl/nqp/nqp.SlackBuild b/perl/nqp/nqp.SlackBuild
index 8309c9a41b..3634782d6a 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=${VERSION:-2020.08.2}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2020.09}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/perl/nqp/nqp.info b/perl/nqp/nqp.info
index 0a522f3b46..379c4230a5 100644
--- a/perl/nqp/nqp.info
+++ b/perl/nqp/nqp.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="nqp"
-VERSION="2020.08.2"
+VERSION="2020.09"
 HOMEPAGE="https://rakudo.org"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/Raku/nqp/releases/download/2020.08.2/nqp-2020.08.2.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="5c49a130ca0773e19b6ba863b2e16f09"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/Raku/nqp/releases/download/2020.09/nqp-2020.09.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="4e14d34e95bd2117860ba26492b2da7d"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="MoarVM"