diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 726d80b2db..ce6e7e9162 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -1013,7 +1013,7 @@ libGeoIP.so.1 libgeoip-1.4.8_1
 libnilfs.so.0 libnilfs-2.1.0_1
 libnilfsgc.so.0 libnilfs-2.1.0_1
 libnilfscleaner.so.0 libnilfs-2.1.0_1
-libchicken.so.8 libchicken-4.11.0_4
+libchicken.so.9 libchicken-5.0.0_1
 libmdb.so.0 libmdb-0.5_1
 libmdbsql.so.0 libmdb-0.5_1
 libkeybinder.so.0 libkeybinder2-0.3.0_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/chicken/template b/srcpkgs/chicken/template
index fd48244f5f..b0e1954e3a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/chicken/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/chicken/template
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # Template file for 'chicken'
 pkgname=chicken
-version=4.12.0
-revision=2
+version=5.0.0
+revision=1
 short_desc="A practical and portable Scheme system"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
-license="BSD"
+license="BSD-3-Clause"
 homepage="http://www.call-cc.org"
 distfiles="http://code.call-cc.org/releases/$version/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=605ace459bc66e8c5f82abb03d9b1c9ca36f1c2295931d244d03629a947a6989
+checksum=a8b94bb94c5d6a4348cedd75dc334ac80924bcd9a7a7a3d6af5121e57ef66595
 
 # No ARM support??!!!
 only_for_archs="i686 i686-musl x86_64 x86_64-musl"