diff --git a/devel/template-glib/Makefile b/devel/template-glib/Makefile
index 82e363c1fb2c..5efe514853e2 100644
--- a/devel/template-glib/Makefile
+++ b/devel/template-glib/Makefile
@@ -1,18 +1,20 @@
 PORTNAME=	template-glib
-PORTVERSION=	3.36.3
+PORTVERSION=	3.40.0
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 MASTER_SITES=	GNOME
 
 MAINTAINER=	gnome@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Templating library for GLib
 WWW=		https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/template-glib
 
-LICENSE=	LGPL21
+LICENSE=	LGPL21+
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	valac:lang/vala
 
-USES=		bison compiler:c11 gettext gnome meson pkgconfig tar:xz
+USES=		bison compiler:c11 gettext-tools gnome meson pkgconfig \
+		tar:xz
 USE_GNOME=	glib20 introspection
+USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/template-glib/distinfo b/devel/template-glib/distinfo
index 2b1da1f69962..9eb29e138ca1 100644
--- a/devel/template-glib/distinfo
+++ b/devel/template-glib/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1741162281
-SHA256 (template-glib-3.36.3.tar.xz) = d528b35b2cf90e07dae50e25e12fbadb0eb048f57fd5151cf9f6e98cce1df20e
-SIZE (template-glib-3.36.3.tar.xz) = 65620
+TIMESTAMP = 1774708844
+SHA256 (template-glib-3.40.0.tar.xz) = e533ec2f6c24cc6df66ac55ac824fadd1b4a5f433a11cbf3a6b25815c0cfcfd5
+SIZE (template-glib-3.40.0.tar.xz) = 66368
diff --git a/devel/template-glib/pkg-plist b/devel/template-glib/pkg-plist
index 83b53d0de988..053735488398 100644
--- a/devel/template-glib/pkg-plist
+++ b/devel/template-glib/pkg-plist
@@ -1,50 +1,54 @@
 include/template-glib-1.0/tmpl-debug.h
 include/template-glib-1.0/tmpl-enums.h
 include/template-glib-1.0/tmpl-error.h
 include/template-glib-1.0/tmpl-expr-types.h
 include/template-glib-1.0/tmpl-expr.h
 include/template-glib-1.0/tmpl-glib.h
 include/template-glib-1.0/tmpl-scope.h
 include/template-glib-1.0/tmpl-symbol.h
 include/template-glib-1.0/tmpl-template-locator.h
 include/template-glib-1.0/tmpl-template.h
 include/template-glib-1.0/tmpl-version-macros.h
 include/template-glib-1.0/tmpl-version.h
 lib/girepository-1.0/Template-1.0.typelib
 lib/libtemplate_glib-1.0.so
 lib/libtemplate_glib-1.0.so.0
-lib/libtemplate_glib-1.0.so.0.3600.3
+lib/libtemplate_glib-1.0.so.0.4000.0
 libdata/pkgconfig/template-glib-1.0.pc
 share/gir-1.0/Template-1.0.gir
+share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/template-glib.mo
+share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/template-glib.mo
 share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/template-glib.mo
 share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/template-glib.mo
 share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/template-glib.mo
 share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/template-glib.mo
 share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/template-glib.mo
 share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/template-glib.mo
 share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/template-glib.mo
 share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/template-glib.mo
 share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/template-glib.mo
 share/locale/fur/LC_MESSAGES/template-glib.mo
 share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/template-glib.mo
 share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/template-glib.mo
 share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/template-glib.mo
 share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/template-glib.mo
 share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/template-glib.mo
 share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/template-glib.mo
 share/locale/kab/LC_MESSAGES/template-glib.mo
+share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/template-glib.mo
+share/locale/kw/LC_MESSAGES/template-glib.mo
 share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/template-glib.mo
 share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/template-glib.mo
 share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/template-glib.mo
 share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/template-glib.mo
 share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/template-glib.mo
 share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/template-glib.mo
 share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/template-glib.mo
 share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/template-glib.mo
 share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/template-glib.mo
 share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/template-glib.mo
 share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/template-glib.mo
 share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/template-glib.mo
 share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/template-glib.mo
 share/vala/vapi/template-glib-1.0.deps
 share/vala/vapi/template-glib-1.0.vapi