diff --git a/srcpkgs/cpp-utilities/template b/srcpkgs/cpp-utilities/template
index d5349fb989..e4da16a6f2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cpp-utilities/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cpp-utilities/template
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 # Template file for 'cpp-utilities'
 pkgname=cpp-utilities
-version=5.6.0
+version=5.7.0
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=ON"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 short_desc="C++ library for argument parsing, IO, parsing and more"
 maintainer="Andrew J. Hesford <ajh@sideband.org>"
 license="GPL-2.0-only"
 homepage="https://github.com/Martchus/cpp-utilities"
 distfiles="https://github.com/Martchus/${pkgname}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=31fd1de5279c1267c049bf8d900a85d38af11d3c8757a934e694dab46f52fc56
+checksum=971f0b6f3474411215190867250f619db5728dad4e3e7834b3761a14d4477f7c
 
 cpp-utilities-devel_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - development files"