diff --git a/databases/memcached/Makefile b/databases/memcached/Makefile
index f83201fc339a..b25609303a34 100644
--- a/databases/memcached/Makefile
+++ b/databases/memcached/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	memcached
-DISTVERSION=	1.6.39
+DISTVERSION=	1.6.40
 CATEGORIES=	databases
 MASTER_SITES=	http://www.memcached.org/files/
 
diff --git a/databases/memcached/distinfo b/databases/memcached/distinfo
index 1db70aceb31e..a6aad0c0a4b9 100644
--- a/databases/memcached/distinfo
+++ b/databases/memcached/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1753828034
-SHA256 (memcached-1.6.39.tar.gz) = 23e5507e933b15463161d4c5d3921b0c5f340b542d6edd7f6c5e17c34f11a363
-SIZE (memcached-1.6.39.tar.gz) = 1284104
+TIMESTAMP = 1765960262
+SHA256 (memcached-1.6.40.tar.gz) = a3d360e9da2221a49bf9aae4e6880f2d44da6b2a2fae39b1911b9ca76488fbfd
+SIZE (memcached-1.6.40.tar.gz) = 1266094