diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/pacparser/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/pacparser/package.py
index 3be37ed5c6..33cd2e268f 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/pacparser/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/pacparser/package.py
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@ class Pacparser(MakefilePackage):
     maintainers = ['iarspider']
 
     homepage = "https://pacparser.github.io/"
-    url      = "https://github.com/manugarg/pacparser/releases/download/v1.3.8/pacparser-1.3.8.tar.gz"
+    url      = "https://github.com/manugarg/pacparser/releases/download/v1.4.0/pacparser-v1.4.0.tar.gz"
     git      = "https://github.com/manugarg/pacparser.git"
 
+    version('1.4.0', sha256='2e66c5fe635cd5dcb9bccca4aced925eca712632b81bada3b63682159c0f910e')
     version('1.3.9', commit='4bbfb15c96ea0b2aede2f7371e59f66e15722d41')
     version('1.3.8', sha256='4e2872de565b2b64ffc81ba503e0eba35b3f7ef4a023ddd4a328c7b9d2cac266')
     version('1.3.7', sha256='eb48ec2fc202d12a4b882133048c7590329849f32c2285bc4dbe418f29aad249',