diff --git a/srcpkgs/cracklib/template b/srcpkgs/cracklib/template
index eb40f225fa4..8c6f1c8cbc3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cracklib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cracklib/template
@@ -1,30 +1,30 @@
 # Template file for 'cracklib'
 pkgname=cracklib
-version=2.9.5
+version=2.9.6
 revision=1
 lib32disabled=yes
 create_wrksrc=yes
 build_wrksrc="${pkgname}-${version}"
 build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="--sbindir=/usr/bin --disable-static"
-hostmakedepends="libtool automake gettext-devel python-devel"
+configure_args="--disable-static"
+hostmakedepends="libtool automake gettext-devel python"
 makedepends="python-devel"
 short_desc="Password Checking Library"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="LGPL-2.1"
-homepage="http://cracklib.sourceforge.net/"
+homepage="https://github.com/cracklib/cracklib"
 distfiles="
- ${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/cracklib/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz
- ${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/cracklib/${pkgname}-words-1.2.gz"
+ https://github.com/cracklib/cracklib/releases/download/cracklib-${version}/cracklib-${version}.tar.gz
+ https://github.com/cracklib/cracklib/releases/download/cracklib-${version}/cracklib-words-${version}.bz2"
 checksum="
- 59ab0138bc8cf90cccb8509b6969a024d5e58d2d02bcbdccbb9ba9b88be3fa33
- 9b323c100780f2a817ab3de082b8bfaa4478bfa174dcbd016810ed8be60cbe16"
+ 17cf76943de272fd579ed831a1fd85339b393f8d00bf9e0d17c91e972f583343
+ 460307bb9b46dfd5068d62178285ac2f70279e64b968972fe96f5ed07adc1a77"
 
 pre_configure() {
 	autoreconf -fi
 }
 post_install() {
-	vinstall ${wrksrc}/cracklib-words-1.2 644 usr/share/cracklib cracklib-words
+	vinstall ${wrksrc}/cracklib-words-${version} 644 usr/share/cracklib cracklib-words
 }
 
 cracklib-devel_package() {