diff --git a/srcpkgs/weechat/template b/srcpkgs/weechat/template
index 65f49d59ef..bb57195a5a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/weechat/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/weechat/template
@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
 # Template file for 'weechat'
 pkgname=weechat
-version=2.5
+version=2.6
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DENABLE_MAN=ON -DENABLE_ENCHANT=ON -DENABLE_PERL=ON
  -DENABLE_LUA=ON -DENABLE_RUBY=ON -DENABLE_SPELL=ON
- -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=/usr/bin/python2.7
- -DPYTHON_LIBRARY=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib/libpython2.7.so"
-hostmakedepends="ruby-asciidoctor libgcrypt-devel pkg-config python tcl-devel"
-makedepends="enchant-devel gnutls-devel libcurl-devel lua-devel python-devel
+ -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=/usr/bin/python3
+ -DPYTHON_LIBRARY=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib/libpython3.so"
+hostmakedepends="ruby-asciidoctor libgcrypt-devel pkg-config python3 tcl-devel"
+makedepends="enchant-devel gnutls-devel libcurl-devel lua-devel python3-devel
  ruby-devel tcl-devel perl"
 depends="ca-certificates"
 short_desc="Fast, light and extensible IRC client"
-maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
+maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://www.weechat.org"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/weechat/weechat/master/ChangeLog.adoc"
 distfiles="https://www.weechat.org/files/src/weechat-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=52c87775c3ff9714a62cfa5b7e13e2fa59bf32829fe083781c1d9c7f1c2d4c27
+checksum=fa9e3130e7afdfb6eff1b7892caac3efdd38a442f9989ca8c061eced2c755148
 lib32disabled=yes
 
 subpackages="weechat-aspell weechat-devel weechat-ruby weechat-python weechat-tcl weechat-lua weechat-perl"