diff --git a/srcpkgs/libxml++/template b/srcpkgs/libxml++/template
index cb7e07a6e51..f213c515e35 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libxml++/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libxml++/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template build file for 'libxml++'.
 pkgname=libxml++
-version=2.36.0
-revision=3
+version=2.38.0
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config perl"
 makedepends="libsigc++-devel libxml2-devel libglib-devel glibmm-devel"
@@ -9,15 +9,15 @@ short_desc="C++ bindings for libxml2"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://libxmlplusplus.sourceforge.net/"
 license="LGPL-2.1"
-distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/${pkgname}/2.36/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=bfdf327bf9ebd12946b7aa6a152045f209d5c9fecd06ebfcdf9b3e7c1af6e2e1
+distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/${pkgname}/${version%.*}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
+checksum=5698b03f5d320fb8310e30780e328f03debca12c557434ee031aea9baf3b1346
 
 pre_install() {
 	sed -i -e 's/install-data-am: install-data-local install-dist_referenceDATA/install-data-am: /' Makefile
 }
 
 libxml++-devel_package() {
-	depends="libxml2-devel ${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	depends="${makedepends} ${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/include