diff --git a/srcpkgs/xiate/template b/srcpkgs/xiate/template
index 9beb16a273a..7197dd98ecc 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xiate/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xiate/template
@@ -1,17 +1,16 @@
 # Template file for 'xiate'
 pkgname=xiate
-version=18.01
+version=18.03
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
-makedepends="gtk+3-devel vte3-devel"
-depends="vte3 socat"
-short_desc="A terminal emulator"
+makedepends="vte3-devel"
+short_desc="Terminal emulator which uses VTE as a backend"
 maintainer="Diogo Leal <diogo@diogoleal.com>"
 license="MIT"
-homepage="https://github.com/vain/xiate"
+homepage="https://www.uninformativ.de/projects/xiate/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/vain/xiate/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=fd3bb4644edd47ad4216ee51b826f9313c96842a416cb15a24838eed60ec5fdb
+checksum=4791ea2a87b6f4276cf4c827ea249385084476368f9df66b7c23ceda313283d0
 
 pre_configure() {
 	cp config.def.h config.h