diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 15f2388851..755a3f2eb0 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -2034,7 +2034,7 @@ libcvm-v1client.so.1 cvm-0.97_1
 libcvm-v2client.so.1 cvm-0.97_1
 libudns.so.0 udns-0.4_1
 libcriu.so.1 criu-1.5.1_2
-libwebsockets.so.5 libwebsockets-1.4_1
+libwebsockets.so.6 libwebsockets-1.6.3_1
 libbitcoinconsensus.so.0 litecoin-0.10.1.2_1
 libnfc.so.0 libnfc-1.7.1_1
 libfuzzy.so.2 libfuzzy-2.12_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libwebsockets/template b/srcpkgs/libwebsockets/template
index 9e5c97038d..c472ae2942 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libwebsockets/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libwebsockets/template
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'libwebsockets'
 pkgname=libwebsockets
-version=1.5
+version=1.6.3
 revision=1
-_ffver=41
-_chromever=47
 build_style=cmake
 hostmakedepends="cmake"
 makedepends="zlib-devel libressl-devel libev-devel"
@@ -12,9 +10,8 @@ short_desc="Lightweight client and server websocket library"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="LGPL-2"
 homepage="https://libwebsockets.org"
-wrksrc=libwebsockets-$version-chrome$_chromever-firefox$_ffver
-distfiles="http://git.libwebsockets.org/cgi-bin/cgit/libwebsockets/snapshot/$wrksrc.tar.gz"
-checksum=27f3e2dbd04b8375923f6353536c741559a21dd4713f8c302b23441d6fe82403
+distfiles="http://git.libwebsockets.org/cgi-bin/cgit/libwebsockets/snapshot/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
+checksum=b3bb6f9cb5dc1992f1ce23e3dc3ad4b3f0915effbe306bea5d95dc02a1d2fab4
 CFLAGS="-Wno-error"
 
 libwebsockets-devel_package() {