diff --git a/Formula/help2man.rb b/Formula/help2man.rb
index 0d3e0901144..e1bfd186818 100644
--- a/Formula/help2man.rb
+++ b/Formula/help2man.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 require 'formula'
 
 class Help2man < Formula
-  url 'http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/help2man/help2man-1.37.1.tar.gz'
+  url 'http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/help2man/help2man-1.40.4.tar.gz'
   homepage 'http://www.gnu.org/software/help2man/'
-  md5 '371b5cc74fe9c2ea3ee1ca23c19b19a8'
+  md5 '4d79dc7cb7c20019c2a3650d35259c45'
 
   def install
     system "./configure", "--prefix=#{prefix}"