diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 1f2505543e4..be6f9fc3676 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -1030,7 +1030,7 @@ libGeoIP.so.1 libgeoip-1.4.8_1
 libnilfs.so.0 libnilfs-2.1.0_1
 libnilfsgc.so.0 libnilfs-2.1.0_1
 libnilfscleaner.so.0 libnilfs-2.1.0_1
-libchicken.so.9 libchicken-5.0.0_1
+libchicken.so.11 libchicken-5.1.0_1
 libmdb.so.0 libmdb-0.5_1
 libmdbsql.so.0 libmdb-0.5_1
 libkeybinder.so.0 libkeybinder2-0.3.0_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/chicken/template b/srcpkgs/chicken/template
index ea1b6ca60b1..06e4de3ce2f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/chicken/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/chicken/template
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 # Template file for 'chicken'
 pkgname=chicken
-version=5.0.0
+version=5.1.0
 revision=1
-short_desc="A practical and portable Scheme system"
+short_desc="Practical and portable Scheme system"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.org>"
 license="BSD-3-Clause"
 homepage="http://www.call-cc.org"
+changelog="https://code.call-cc.org/releases/$version/NEWS"
 distfiles="http://code.call-cc.org/releases/$version/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=a8b94bb94c5d6a4348cedd75dc334ac80924bcd9a7a7a3d6af5121e57ef66595
+checksum=5c1101a8d8faabfd500ad69101e0c7c8bd826c68970f89c270640470e7b84b4b
 
 # No ARM support??!!!
 archs="i686* x86_64* ppc64le*"