diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index aa019f8a93f..9fcc3c7aa62 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ libFLAC.so.8 libflac-1.2.1_1
 libFLAC++.so.6 libflac-1.2.1_1
 libMAC.so.6 libMAC-5.28_1
 libmad.so.0 libmad-0.15.1b_1
-libmatroska.so.6 libmatroska-1.4.1_5
+libmatroska.so.7 libmatroska-1.6.0_1
 libmatrix_client.so.0.3.1 mtxclient-0.3.1_1
 libebml.so.5 libebml-1.4.0_1
 libdvdread.so.8 libdvdread-6.1.1_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libmatroska/template b/srcpkgs/libmatroska/template
index 2af96c75bd6..5589eeb4c22 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libmatroska/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libmatroska/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'libmatroska'
 pkgname=libmatroska
-version=1.5.2
+version=1.6.0
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON"
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"
 homepage="https://dl.matroska.org/downloads/libmatroska/"
 distfiles="https://dl.matroska.org/downloads/libmatroska/libmatroska-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=0ac6debfbf781d47f001b830aaf9be9dfbcefd13bcfb80ca5efc1c04b4a3c962
+checksum=fec89cebd500807f7fd14b56c14733f11045fa2a21398ff6f6c5c0e3e01b4033
 
 libmatroska-devel_package() {
 	depends="${makedepends} ${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"