diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index e0adda8c469..923d5d7ed68 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -2198,7 +2198,7 @@ libOIS-1.3.0.so ois-1.3_1
 libSILLY.so.1 silly-0.1.0_1
 libkeybinder-3.0.so.0 libkeybinder3-0.3.0_1
 libbrlapi.so.0.6 brltty-5.2_1
-liblouis.so.14 liblouis-3.2.0_1
+liblouis.so.16 liblouis-3.6.0_1
 libCEGUIBase-0.7.9.so cegui07-0.7.9_1
 libCEGUIFalagardWRBase-0.7.9.so cegui07-0.7.9_1
 libCEGUIDevILImageCodec-0.7.9.so cegui07-0.7.9_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/liblouis/template b/srcpkgs/liblouis/template
index af4f71a73d6..3da2bca8bb8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/liblouis/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/liblouis/template
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 # Template file for 'liblouis'
 pkgname=liblouis
-version=3.5.0
+version=3.6.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--enable-ucs4"
+pycompile_module="louis"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config help2man python3-devel"
 makedepends="python3-devel"
 depends="python3"
-disable_parallel_build=yes
-configure_args="--enable-ucs4"
 short_desc="Open-source braille translator and back-translator"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later, LGPL-2.1-or-later"
 homepage="http://liblouis.org/"
-distfiles="https://github.com/$pkgname/$pkgname/releases/download/v$version/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=cf9b9650f750ef19768773b3d882780d42a8674719d887255f00ad735a4ffa2a
-pycompile_module='louis'
+distfiles="https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/releases/download/v${version}/liblouis-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=003f5bf9d0fa827513d6f97a81a174ecba7afc0be94e880da259be88c133848c
+disable_parallel_build=yes
 
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	*-musl) ;;