diff --git a/package/nmap/nmap.hash b/package/nmap/nmap.hash
index 2a26557b73..239ca13816 100644
--- a/package/nmap/nmap.hash
+++ b/package/nmap/nmap.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-# From https://nmap.org/dist/sigs/nmap-7.31.tar.bz2.digest.txt
-sha256 cb9f4e03c0771c709cd47dc8fc6ac3421eadbdd313f0aae52276829290583842  nmap-7.31.tar.bz2
+# From https://nmap.org/dist/sigs/nmap-7.40.tar.bz2.digest.txt
+sha256 9e14665fffd054554d129d62c13ad95a7b5c7a046daa2290501909e65f4d3188  nmap-7.40.tar.bz2
diff --git a/package/nmap/nmap.mk b/package/nmap/nmap.mk
index 3087903a92..6e178b1f1f 100644
--- a/package/nmap/nmap.mk
+++ b/package/nmap/nmap.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-NMAP_VERSION = 7.31
+NMAP_VERSION = 7.40
 NMAP_SITE = http://nmap.org/dist
 NMAP_SOURCE = nmap-$(NMAP_VERSION).tar.bz2
 NMAP_DEPENDENCIES = libpcap pcre