diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index d6a43a88cbd..ea2b1b4c85d 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -1359,7 +1359,7 @@ libspeechd.so.2 speech-dispatcher-0.8_1
 libre2.so.7 re2-2020.06.01_1
 libminizip.so.1 minizip-1.2.7_1
 libsrtp2.so.1 libsrtp-2.1.0_1
-libjsoncpp.so.19 jsoncpp-1.8.3_1
+libjsoncpp.so.24 jsoncpp-1.9.4_1
 libesmtp.so.6 libesmtp-1.0.6_4
 libcaca.so.0 libcaca-0.99.beta18_3
 libcaca++.so.0 libcaca-0.99.beta18_3
diff --git a/srcpkgs/jsoncpp/template b/srcpkgs/jsoncpp/template
index cc2b21df450..b3151788310 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/jsoncpp/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/jsoncpp/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template build file for 'jsoncpp'.
 pkgname=jsoncpp
-version=1.8.4
-revision=2
+version=1.9.4
+revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DBUILD_STATIC_LIBS=1 -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=1 -DJSONCPP_WITH_TESTS=0"
 short_desc="A JSON implementation in C++"
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="Public Domain, MIT"
 homepage="https://github.com/open-source-parsers/jsoncpp"
 distfiles="https://github.com/open-source-parsers/${pkgname}/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=c49deac9e0933bcb7044f08516861a2d560988540b23de2ac1ad443b219afdb6
+checksum=e34a628a8142643b976c7233ef381457efad79468c67cb1ae0b83a33d7493999
 
 CXXFLAGS="-D_GLIBCXX_USE_C99_STDIO=1"