diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index fd44dbe7669..aa019f8a93f 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ libMAC.so.6 libMAC-5.28_1
 libmad.so.0 libmad-0.15.1b_1
 libmatroska.so.6 libmatroska-1.4.1_5
 libmatrix_client.so.0.3.1 mtxclient-0.3.1_1
-libebml.so.4 libebml-1.3.0_5
+libebml.so.5 libebml-1.4.0_1
 libdvdread.so.8 libdvdread-6.1.1_1
 libdvdnav.so.4 libdvdnav-4.1.3_1
 libdvbpsi.so.10 libdvbpsi-1.3.1_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libebml/template b/srcpkgs/libebml/template
index 941e50419eb..9c85bbb6e8b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libebml/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libebml/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'libebml'
 pkgname=libebml
-version=1.3.10
+version=1.4.0
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON"
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"
 homepage="https://dl.matroska.org/downloads/libebml/"
 distfiles="https://dl.matroska.org/downloads/libebml/libebml-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=c6a792f4127b8059bc446fb32391e6633811f45748d7d7ba873d7028362f5e3e
+checksum=80abc9a82549615018798ee704997270a39b43de9a6e7e0d23b62f8ce682c4b3
 
 libebml-devel_package() {
 	depends="libebml>=${version}_${revision}"