diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index f1e28775070..fb563ea24fc 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -3161,8 +3161,8 @@ libsysprof-3.so sysprof-3.34.0_1
 libsysprof-ui-3.so sysprof-3.34.0_1
 libmozjs-52.so mozjs52-52.3.0_1
 libmozjs-52.so.0 mozjs52-52.3.0_1
-libvala-0.46.so.0 libvala-0.46.0_1
-libvaladoc-0.46.so.0 libvaladoc-0.46.0_1
+libvala-0.48.so.0 libvala-0.48.0_1
+libvaladoc-0.48.so.0 libvaladoc-0.48.0_1
 libvalaccodegen.so libvala-0.44.0_1
 libphodav-2.0.so.0 phodav-2.2_1
 libgfshare.so.2 libgfshare-2.0.0_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/vala/template b/srcpkgs/vala/template
index a3001e75b98..e958825f196 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vala/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/vala/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'vala'
 pkgname=vala
 # Should be kept in sync with 'valadoc' (shared distfiles)
-version=0.46.3
+version=0.48.9
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-valadoc"
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ short_desc="Compiler for the GObject type system"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
 license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"
 homepage="https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala"
-changelog="https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/vala/raw/0.42/NEWS"
+changelog="https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/vala/raw/0.48/NEWS"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/vala/${version%.*}/vala-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=e29c2b1f108dc22c91bb501975a77c938aef079ca7875e1fbf41191e22cc57e3
+checksum=9cea16d3bb3daddbfe0556b99fbfa08146230db7651e1e674cd08b4df5cefea9
 shlib_provides="libvalaccodegen.so"
 
 post_install() {
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ post_install() {
 	# so the package that use it fall into our wrapper.
 	# keep the binary versioned, we don't know the potential
 	# fallout from using the unversioned one
-	vsed -e 's|^vapigen=.*|vapigen=vapigen-0.46|g' \
-		 -i ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/pkgconfig/vapigen-0.46.pc
+	vsed -e 's|^vapigen=.*|vapigen=vapigen-0.48|g' \
+		 -i ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/pkgconfig/vapigen-0.48.pc
 }
 
 libvala_package() {