diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index cc3fd8383d..a280247373 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -713,9 +713,11 @@ libsasl2.so.3 libsasl-2.1.26_1
 liblber-2.4.so.2 libldap-2.4.21_1
 libldap-2.4.so.2 libldap-2.4.21_1
 libldap_r-2.4.so.2 libldap-2.4.21_1
-libevent-2.1.so.6 libevent-2.1.8_1
-libevent_core-2.1.so.6 libevent-2.1.8_1
-libevent_pthreads-2.1.so.6 libevent-2.1.8_1
+libevent-2.1.so.7 libevent-2.1.11_1
+libevent_core-2.1.so.7 libevent-2.1.11_1
+libevent_extra-2.1.so.7 libevent-2.1.11_1
+libevent_pthreads-2.1.so.7 libevent-2.1.11_1
+libevent_openssl-2.1.so.7 libevent-2.1.11_1
 libSDL_mixer-1.2.so.0 SDL_mixer-1.2.11_1
 libapr-1.so.0 apr-1.4.2_1
 libaprutil-1.so.0 apr-util-1.3.9_1
@@ -2929,8 +2931,6 @@ libmirage.so.11 libmirage-3.1.0_1
 libwkhtmltox.so.0 libwkhtmltopdf-0.12.5_1
 libixml.so.10 libupnp1.8-1.8.2_1
 libupnp.so.13 libupnp1.8-1.8.4_1
-libevent_extra-2.1.so.6 libevent-2.1.8_3
-libevent_openssl-2.1.so.6 libevent-2.1.8_3
 libsysprof-3.so sysprof-3.34.0_1
 libsysprof-ui-3.so sysprof-3.34.0_1
 libmozjs-52.so mozjs52-52.3.0_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libevent/patches/ddacaef59ab6808a0801007d0a681f2415af4871.patch b/srcpkgs/libevent/patches/ddacaef59ab6808a0801007d0a681f2415af4871.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8f98c9534b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libevent/patches/ddacaef59ab6808a0801007d0a681f2415af4871.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#upstream: yes
+
+From ddacaef59ab6808a0801007d0a681f2415af4871 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Azat Khuzhin <azat@libevent.org>
+Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2019 22:57:44 +0300
+Subject: [PATCH] Revert "Warn if forked from the event loop during
+ event_reinit()"
+
+Thinking about this more and realizing that this was a mistake, so
+should be reverted.
+
+In a nut shell I guess most of the apps calls event_reinit() from the
+loop (see [1] for example), and this should be totally fine (the bit
+with the signals [2] handled in event_reinit() gracefully)
+
+  [1]: https://archives.seul.org/libevent/users/Aug-2019/msg00009.html
+  [2]: https://github.com/libevent/libevent/pull/833#issuecomment-501834453
+
+This reverts commit 497ef904d544ac51de43934549dbeccce8e6e8f8.
+
+Reported-by: mikulas@twibright.com
+Backport-to: 2.1
+---
+ event.c | 6 ------
+ 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/event.c b/event.c
+index 8cae318d1..ff4e79c84 100644
+--- event.c
++++ event.c
+@@ -1003,12 +1003,6 @@ event_reinit(struct event_base *base)
+ 
+ 	EVBASE_ACQUIRE_LOCK(base, th_base_lock);
+ 
+-	if (base->running_loop) {
+-		event_warnx("%s: forked from the event_loop.", __func__);
+-		res = -1;
+-		goto done;
+-	}
+-
+ 	evsel = base->evsel;
+ 
+ 	/* check if this event mechanism requires reinit on the backend */
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libevent/template b/srcpkgs/libevent/template
index 713369e490..4a1d62e907 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libevent/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libevent/template
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 # Template file for 'libevent'
 pkgname=libevent
-version=2.1.10
-revision=2
+version=2.1.11
+revision=1
 wrksrc="${pkgname}-${version}-stable"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 makedepends="libressl-devel"
 short_desc="Abstract asynchronous event notification library"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
+license="BSD-3-Clause"
 homepage="http://libevent.org/"
-license="3-clause-BSD"
 distfiles="https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases/download/release-${version}-stable/libevent-${version}-stable.tar.gz"
-checksum=e864af41a336bb11dab1a23f32993afe963c1f69618bd9292b89ecf6904845b0
+checksum=a65bac6202ea8c5609fd5c7e480e6d25de467ea1917c08290c521752f147283d
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE