diff --git a/srcpkgs/libmatroska/template b/srcpkgs/libmatroska/template
index 5385183627d..a951afa6f76 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libmatroska/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libmatroska/template
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
 # Template file for 'libmatroska'
 pkgname=libmatroska
-version=1.6.3
+version=1.7.1
 revision=1
 wrksrc="${pkgname}-release-${version}"
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON"
 makedepends="libebml-devel"
 short_desc="Extensible open standard Audio/Video container format"
-maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
+maintainer="Matthias von Faber <mvf@gmx.eu>"
 license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"
 homepage="https://www.matroska.org/downloads/libraries.html"
+changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Matroska-Org/libmatroska/master/NEWS.md"
 distfiles="https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libmatroska/archive/refs/tags/release-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=0c8c875ae26ac69a722f7fd0f4a4fecb4fdff681f2a165f09c06a40cbf1d0de6
+checksum=64763443947833e6c17f1f555f4bb0df6c9f91881810d9d5e0f0bad3622d308b
 
 libmatroska-devel_package() {
 	depends="${makedepends} ${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libmatroska/update b/srcpkgs/libmatroska/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0649cec1de2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libmatroska/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+site=https://dl.matroska.org/downloads/libmatroska/