diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/veryfasttree/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/veryfasttree/default.nix
index f85f93055289..821fbde9eb83 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/veryfasttree/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/veryfasttree/default.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname   = "veryfasttree";
-  version = "3.1.1";
+  version = "4.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "citiususc";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-AOzbxUnrn1qgscjdOKf4dordnSKtIg3nSVaYWK1jbuc=";
+    hash = "sha256-ue3/2UTIQA6av+66xvGApLi9x0kM5vAmGHHTrboOaeQ=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];