diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 6f5d7606ef7..469b29c5fb4 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ libmp4v2.so.2 libmp4v2-2.0.0_1
 libfaac.so.0 faac-1.28_1
 libfaad.so.2 faad2-2.7_1
 libid3tag.so.0 libid3tag-0.15.1b_1
-libgif.so.6 giflib-5.0.1_1
+libgif.so.7 giflib-5.1.0_1
 libImlib2.so.1 imlib2-1.4.2_1
 libmp3lame.so.0 lame-3.98.2_1
 libavdevice.so.56 libavdevice-2.4.1_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/giflib/template b/srcpkgs/giflib/template
index 713c03cb056..20552d96018 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/giflib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/giflib/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'giflib'
 pkgname=giflib
-version=5.0.6
+version=5.1.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="xmlto"
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://sourceforge.net/projects/giflib/"
 license="MIT"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=255c9647962285e9026d04897573de072e2a751972ad75969e7c2d6d7a5e91f0
+checksum=bd0430443d805dd27d1fcc8f84a14ccfcb869084dc0084fa16ad49dae6aa40de
 
 giflib-devel_package() {
 	depends="giflib-${version}_${revision}"