diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 5ec30bdd0aa..4f3623bef77 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -2003,7 +2003,7 @@ libcvm-v1client.so.1 cvm-0.97_1
 libcvm-v2client.so.1 cvm-0.97_1
 libudns.so.0 udns-0.4_1
 libcriu.so.1 criu-1.5.1_2
-libwebsockets.so.11 libwebsockets-2.3.0_1
+libwebsockets.so.12 libwebsockets-2.4.0_1
 libbitcoinconsensus.so.0 litecoin-0.10.1.2_1
 libnfc.so.0 libnfc-1.7.1_1
 libfuzzy.so.2 libfuzzy-2.12_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libwebsockets/template b/srcpkgs/libwebsockets/template
index 63d725f788b..78e282cc5e5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libwebsockets/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libwebsockets/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'libwebsockets'
 pkgname=libwebsockets
-version=2.3.0
+version=2.4.0
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 makedepends="zlib-devel libressl-devel libev-devel"
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="LGPL-2"
 homepage="https://libwebsockets.org"
 distfiles="https://github.com/warmcat/libwebsockets/archive/v$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=f08a8233ca1837640b72b1790cce741ce4b0feaaa6b408fe28a303cbf0408fa1
+checksum=0dc355c1f9a660b98667cc616fa4c4fe08dacdaeff2d5cc9f74e49e9d4af2d95
 
 CFLAGS="-Wno-error"