diff --git a/srcpkgs/libsoup/template b/srcpkgs/libsoup/template
index b2486d0a59..50f324b1e9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libsoup/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libsoup/template
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 # Template file for 'libsoup'
 pkgname=libsoup
-version=2.34.3
-distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/$pkgname/2.34/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
+version=2.36.0
+distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/$pkgname/2.36/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
 build_style=gnu_configure
 configure_args="--localstatedir=/var"
 short_desc="HTTP library implementation in C"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.gnome.org"
 license="LGPL-2.1"
-checksum=940fa2777542e564ba7052252ee065adc6c7982c0cae56a4c541a04329fc7dc7
+checksum=db06af0f8c887abde427e5418e0e74bd39837a0f48a4161ff29607dfcd6b36ca
 long_desc="
  Libsoup is an HTTP library implementation in C. It was originally part
  of a SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) implementation called Soup, but