diff --git a/srcpkgs/vala/depends b/srcpkgs/vala/depends
index 988314e538..b2827314d7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vala/depends
+++ b/srcpkgs/vala/depends
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-abi_depends=">=0.10.1<0.11"
+abi_depends=">=0.11"
 api_depends="${abi_depends}"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/vala/template b/srcpkgs/vala/template
index 21adc88dcd..29e227895f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vala/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/vala/template
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Template file for 'vala'
 pkgname=vala
-version=0.10.1
-distfiles="http://download.gnome.org/sources/vala/0.10/vala-$version.tar.bz2"
+version=0.11.6
+distfiles="http://download.gnome.org/sources/vala/0.11/vala-$version.tar.bz2"
 build_style=gnu_configure
 configure_args="--enable-vapigen"
 short_desc="Compiler for the GObject type system"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=eae1d2f52b651e9d2ed31ae0877ab671b5f796a3013c714f86a926806337805a
+checksum=4c5b715d47b3426e670c7a9c5d6050e3a436819aba6902d71c16f2267c8d187b
 long_desc="
  Vala is a new programming language that aims to bring modern programming
  language features to GNOME developers without imposing any additional runtime