diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 71341b5c07..bcbd4332cc 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -2116,7 +2116,7 @@ libprocps.so.7 procps-ng-3.3.15_1
 libgegl-0.4.so.0 gegl-0.4.16_1
 libgegl-npd-0.4.so gegl-0.4.16_1
 libgegl-sc-0.4.so gegl-0.4.16_1
-libskarnet.so.2.8 skalibs-2.8.0.0_1
+libskarnet.so.2.9 skalibs-2.9.0.0_1
 libKF5BalooWidgets.so.5 baloo-widgets5-17.04.3_1
 libtidy.so.5 libtidy5-5.1.25_1
 libSDL2_gfx-1.0.so.0 SDL2_gfx-1.0.1_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/skalibs/template b/srcpkgs/skalibs/template
index 559b40d151..e02940b781 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/skalibs/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/skalibs/template
@@ -1,25 +1,25 @@
 # Template file for 'skalibs'
 pkgname=skalibs
-version=2.8.1.0
+version=2.9.0.0
 revision=1
 _sysdepspkg=skaware-void-sysdeps
 build_style=configure
-configure_args="--libdir=/usr/lib --enable-static --enable-shared --enable-clock
- --enable-monotonic --enable-force-devr --datadir=/usr/share/$pkgname --libdir=/usr/lib
+configure_args="--libdir=/usr/lib --enable-static --enable-shared
+ --enable-clock --enable-monotonic --enable-force-devr
+ --datadir=/usr/share/$pkgname --libdir=/usr/lib
  --bindir=/usr/bin --dynlibdir=/usr/lib"
 short_desc="General purpose libraries for building software from skarnet.org"
 maintainer="bougyman <bougyman@voidlinux.org>"
 license="ISC"
 homepage="https://skarnet.org/software/skalibs/"
+changelog="https://skarnet.org/software/skalibs/upgrade.html"
 distfiles="https://skarnet.org/software/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=431c6507b4a0f539b6463b4381b9b9153c86ad75fa3c6bfc9dc4722f00b166ba
-
-CFLAGS="-D_DEFAULT_SOURCE"
+checksum=f5604f9e5ebb436d3a8efa16a2c4133f7bd424d9f22aa88fe7a372f0153396fb
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-	distfiles+=" https://github.com/CMB/${_sysdepspkg}/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
+	distfiles+=" https://github.com/CMB/${_sysdepspkg}/archive/2.8.1.0.tar.gz"
 	checksum+=" b5a56d24caeb731f9a8468fa61ab0e9ae139370609ef4acb36888e69bbe8d98d"
-	configure_args+=" --with-sysdeps=../${_sysdepspkg}-${version}/${XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET}"
+	configure_args+=" --with-sysdeps=../${_sysdepspkg}-2.8.1.0/${XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET}"
 
 	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 		aarch64*|armv6*|armv7l*|i686|x86_64*|ppc*) ;;
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ skalibs-doc_package() {
 		vcopy "doc/*" usr/share/doc/skalibs
 	}
 }
+
 skalibs-devel_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - development files"
 	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"