diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 4ae4b7a869..dbae3d5abe 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -2932,7 +2932,7 @@ libffms2.so.4 libffms2-2.23.1_1
 libddcutil.so.0 ddcutil-0.8.5_1
 liblsmash.so.2 liblsmash-2.9.1_1
 libgiac.so.0 libgiac-1.4.9r17_1
-libgnustep-base.so.1.25 gnustep-base-1.25.0_1
+libgnustep-base.so.1.26 gnustep-base-1.26.0_1
 libtermbox.so.1 termbox-1.1.0_1
 libmysofa.so.0 libmysofa-0.6_1
 libzinnia.so.0 libzinnia-0.06_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnustep-base/template b/srcpkgs/gnustep-base/template
index cb97d6c02f..ca4a3a17e1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gnustep-base/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnustep-base/template
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 # Template file for 'gnustep-base'
 pkgname=gnustep-base
-version=1.25.1
-revision=3
+version=1.26.0
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="gnustep-make gcc-objc"
+hostmakedepends="gnustep-make gcc-objc pkg-config"
 makedepends="libobjc-devel libffi-devel libxml2-devel gnutls-devel
  libxslt-devel icu-devel"
 short_desc="Library of general-purpose Objective C objects for GNUstep"
 maintainer="Andrew Benson <abenson+void@gmail.com>"
-license="GPL-3"
+license="GPL-2.0-or-later, GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://www.gnustep.org/"
 distfiles="http://ftp.gnustep.org/pub/gnustep/core/gnustep-base-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=f28beb9ca485674bcce3053896ad90a31b109fb97c5a041827c72f241e8db69e
+checksum=f68bc066c60c73cfc1582326866d0a59be791df56d752dfdc51b838e79364173
 
 nocross="objc doesn't get cross build at present within gcc"
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in