diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 3c0764aa39..b8c37c7b19 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -2748,7 +2748,7 @@ libKReport3.so.4 kreport-3.1.0_1
 libKPropertyWidgets3.so.4 kproperty-3.1.0_1
 libKPropertyCore3.so.4 kproperty-3.1.0_1
 libKReport3.so.4 kreport-3.1.0_1
-libbotan-2.so.4 botan-2.4.0_1
+libbotan-2.so.5 botan-2.6.0_1
 libswipl.so.7.6 swi-prolog-7.6.0_1
 libpcre2-16.so.0 libpcre2-10.22_1
 libpcre2-32.so.0 libpcre2-10.22_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/botan/template b/srcpkgs/botan/template
index 2d6a3b16af..64e38fa41a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/botan/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/botan/template
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 # Template file for 'botan'
 pkgname=botan
-version=2.4.0
-revision=3
+version=2.6.0
+revision=1
 wrksrc="${pkgname^}-${version}"
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 hostmakedepends="doxygen epstopdf python"
 makedepends="libressl-devel bzip2-devel liblzma-devel sqlite-devel zlib-devel"
 short_desc="Crypto library written in C++"
 maintainer="Jürgen Buchmüller <pullmoll@t-online.de>"
-license="2-clause-BSD"
+license="BSD-2-Clause"
 homepage="http://botan.randombit.net/"
 distfiles="http://botan.randombit.net/releases/Botan-${version}.tgz"
-checksum=ed9464e2a5cfee4cd3d9bd7a8f80673b45c8a0718db2181a73f5465a606608a5
+checksum=c1f261555bba702c73608dde7bd743ef2d6377a41a1c295915b25c5babaf5cc5
 
 LDFLAGS="-pthread"