diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 41c848eacb0..4e869bd6a57 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ libjasper.so.1 libjasper-1.900.1_1
 librecode.so.0 librecode-3.6_1
 libenca.so.0 libenca-1.13_1
 libwavpack.so.1 libwavpack-4.60.1_1
-libvala-0.22.so.0 libvala-0.21.1_1
+libvala-0.24.so.0 libvala-0.24.0_1
 libSDL_net-1.2.so.0 SDL_net-1.2.7_1
 libmodplug.so.1 libmodplug-0.8.8_1
 libfetch.so libfetch-2.33_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/vala/template b/srcpkgs/vala/template
index 8d9d374e396..27d79dcf9d4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vala/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/vala/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'vala'
 pkgname=vala
-version=0.22.1
-revision=2
+version=0.24.0
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-vapigen"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config flex libxslt"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://live.gnome.org/Vala"
 license="LGPL-2.1"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/vala/${version%.*}/vala-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=92c61b94a427f281ba2537b69135a3be23248b153268057d7195003dd6aba28c
+checksum=22a37c977512c19cd29c373eaaef96cb2c994795d491106f32387f3f9d1e899c
 
 libvala_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - shared library"