diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index db7fddfb8f0..d15941dce29 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -2967,7 +2967,7 @@ libhackrf.so.0 libhackrf-2017.02.1_1
 libtecla.so.1 libtecla-1.6.3_1
 libtecla_r.so.1 libtecla-1.6.3_1
 libzim.so.6 libzim-6.0.1_1
-libkiwix.so.6 kiwix-lib-6.0.0_1
+libkiwix.so.7 kiwix-lib-7.0.0_1
 libaria2.so.0 libaria2-1.33.1_3
 librpm.so.8 librpm-4.14.1_1
 librpmsign.so.8 librpmsign-4.14.1_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/kiwix-lib/template b/srcpkgs/kiwix-lib/template
index 453a0b46289..59d441e6391 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/kiwix-lib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/kiwix-lib/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'kiwix-lib'
 pkgname=kiwix-lib
-version=6.0.2
+version=7.0.0
 revision=1
 build_style=meson
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://www.kiwix.org/"
 changelog="https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-lib/blob/${version}/ChangeLog"
 distfiles="https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-lib/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=0fd9427ddf2e9f39e889fbce8f6dcb2b9d69fade906c837e103d8baff5ce7506
+checksum=716486b96210349421167a0291ac2f9db26a82eac8924afc078d3227e01754ae
 
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	armv6l*)