diff --git a/core/binutils/checksums b/core/binutils/checksums
index fe43f870..0a614201 100644
--- a/core/binutils/checksums
+++ b/core/binutils/checksums
@@ -1 +1 @@
-743b2fb1fb68e48ad31955faa1039d75a2155089da01e8701dc92c6b84cf1dadf1
+a621667d68bf615cb4b6b337ec57c5ac08da269f49bb8c8aced68ca60d9a4100e5
diff --git a/core/binutils/version b/core/binutils/version
index 53d10707..d9e6960d 100644
--- a/core/binutils/version
+++ b/core/binutils/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.39 1
+2.40 1