diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index bf6cc538d4..1e50e2244e 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -811,7 +811,7 @@ libv4l2rds.so.0 v4l-utils-1.2.1_1
 libdvbv5.so.0 v4l-utils-1.6.2_1
 libmx-1.0.so.2 mx-1.4.3_1_1
 libmx-gtk-1.0.so.0 mx-1.4.3_1_1
-libjson-c.so.2 json-c-0.11_1
+libjson-c.so.3 json-c-0.13_1
 libcogl.so.20 cogl-1.18.0_1
 libcogl-pango.so.20 cogl-1.18.0_1
 libcogl-gst.so.20 cogl-1.18.0_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/json-c/template b/srcpkgs/json-c/template
index 2448ee401b..2a56077cc4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/json-c/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/json-c/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template build file for 'json-c'.
 pkgname=json-c
-version=0.12.1
+version=0.13
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="automake libtool"
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="http://oss.metaparadigm.com/$pkgname"
 distfiles="https://s3.amazonaws.com/json-c_releases/releases/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=2a136451a7932d80b7d197b10441e26e39428d67b1443ec43bbba824705e1123
+checksum=0316780be9ad16c42d7c26b015a784fd5df4b0909fef0aba51cfb13e492ac24d
 
 CFLAGS="-Wno-error"