diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index d716058cc83..c9891d28b6a 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -2991,9 +2991,9 @@ libm17n-flt.so.0 m17n-lib-1.7.0_1
 libm17n-gui.so.0 m17n-lib-1.7.0_1
 libm17n-core.so.0 m17n-lib-1.7.0_1
 libm17n.so.0 m17n-lib-1.7.0_1
-libprotobuf-lite.so.16 protobuf-lite-3.6.0_1
-libprotoc.so.16 protobuf-3.6.0_1
-libprotobuf.so.16 protobuf-3.6.0_1
+libprotobuf-lite.so.17 protobuf-lite-3.6.1_1
+libprotoc.so.17 protobuf-3.6.1_1
+libprotobuf.so.17 protobuf-3.6.1_1
 libsombok.so.3 sombok-2.4.0_1
 libdeviceclient.so.0 pragha-1.3.3_1
 libguile-srfi-srfi-1-v-3.so.3 guile1.8-1.8.8_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/protobuf/template b/srcpkgs/protobuf/template
index b83ec1b5447..f55b0f5ca2d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/protobuf/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/protobuf/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'protobuf'
 pkgname=protobuf
-version=3.6.0.1
-revision=3
+version=3.6.1
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config"
 makedepends="zlib-devel"
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ short_desc="Google's data interchange format"
 maintainer="Michael Aldridge <maldridge@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="BSD-3-Clause"
 homepage="https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/"
-#changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/google/protobuf/master/CHANGES.txt"
+changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/google/protobuf/master/CHANGES.txt"
 distfiles="https://github.com/google/protobuf/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=1144ef1fa9c50d3c04880f363b988df6ca6a66e337a945f1661cf4256ffba749
+checksum=3d4e589d81b2006ca603c1ab712c9715a76227293032d05b26fca603f90b3f5b
 
 CXXFLAGS="-std=c++14"