diff --git a/srcpkgs/mate-common/template b/srcpkgs/mate-common/template
index 7afe80ba44..1f85f1f47f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mate-common/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mate-common/template
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 # Template file for 'mate-common'
 pkgname=mate-common
-version=1.24.2
+version=1.26.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool itstool"
 depends="automake libtool intltool pkg-config gtk-doc gettext-devel glib-devel yelp-tools"
 short_desc="Common development macros for MATE"
-maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
+maintainer="skmpz <dem.procopiou@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later, LGPL-2.1-or-later"
 homepage="http://mate-desktop.org"
+changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mate-desktop/mate-common/master/NEWS"
 distfiles="http://pub.mate-desktop.org/releases/${version%.*}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=71d2013f5743c71e10e04f3c2205d3bb8db1ddb26954a4197801cb5b3c152b6b
+checksum=4ec9e308ef7ea87435769976b5bd7e41d612be2357a91bd0fed3557cb1bb9c04