diff --git a/chromium/PKGBUILD b/chromium/PKGBUILD
index 748a736..56f46e2 100644
--- a/chromium/PKGBUILD
+++ b/chromium/PKGBUILD
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #
 
 pkgname=chromium
-pkgver=39.0.2171.99
+pkgver=40.0.2214.91
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="The open-source project behind Google Chrome, an attempt at creating a safer, faster, and more stable browser. Include PepperFlash and libpdf plugins"
 arch=('x86_64')
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ depends=('gtk2' 'dbus-glib' 'nss' 'alsa-lib' 'xdg-utils' 'bzip2' 'libevent' 'lib
 makedepends=('python2' 'perl' 'gperf' 'yasm' 'mesa' 'libgnome-keyring' 'elfutils' 'lib32-gcc-libs' 'subversion' 'ninja' 'clang')
 optdepends=('pepperflashplugin: Pepper Flash plugin')
 install=chromium.install
-backup=('etc/chromium/default')
+#backup=('etc/chromium/default') #not really needed beacuse we want to provide on chromium.default the pepperflash plugin, I keep it here as comment
 source=(http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-official/${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.xz                 
         license.html::http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/eula_text.html
         chromium.desktop
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ source=(http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-official/${pkgn
         search_engine_type.diff
         prepopulated_engines_json.diff)
 
-sha1sums=('7a14dfb898728699396ca2564a26b7a4c77defdd'
+sha1sums=('b51e1b817b8273891a3e82057f714a839d46e124'
           'f78c3d5f420d52460b2d59f7c47e32989b3e1780'
           '3ab45403f3e8ddfeeba6a5aee9f683d57883fb90'
           '19eff765ec1316f4ae057d48919b2fdd6b3a5bea'
-          '2aa538e1a2c3c9903507ec2c1f59d4019f962119'
+          '51f172122f83825b64c58365620450865bbb879b'
           '59b34d1e1070c918fbbe4e81875a1bed6a1c40e3'
           'abeb1e424b35bbca954a5afea39418a5e198ac64'
           '79fc829d740183d85fb147a3a44e572a8f304dbe')
diff --git a/chromium/chromium.default b/chromium/chromium.default
index 8448585..acdcfa6 100644
--- a/chromium/chromium.default
+++ b/chromium/chromium.default
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 # Default settings for chromium. This file is sourced by /usr/bin/chromium
 
 # Options to pass to chromium
-CHROMIUM_FLAGS=""
\ No newline at end of file
+CHROMIUM_FLAGS=""
+
+# Enable the pepperflash plugin if available (pepperflashplugin)
+. /usr/lib/PepperFlash/chromium_pepperflashplayer.sh
\ No newline at end of file