diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 7fb58ec406e..a574fc499f8 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -2314,7 +2314,7 @@ libfann.so.2 fann-2.2.0_1
 libdoublefann.so.2 fann-2.2.0_1
 libxerces-c-3.1.so XQilla-2.3.3_2
 libxerces-c-3.2.so libxerces-c-3.2.0_1
-libunibreak.so.1 libunibreak-1.0_1
+libunibreak.so.3 libunibreak-4.0_1
 libgconfmm-2.6.so.1 gconfmm-2.28.3_1
 libiperf.so.0 iperf3-3.1.1_1
 libkqueue.so.0 libkqueue-2.0.3_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libunibreak/template b/srcpkgs/libunibreak/template
index 913c534b046..e9c1c6e1384 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libunibreak/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libunibreak/template
@@ -1,15 +1,20 @@
 # Template file for 'libunibreak'
 pkgname=libunibreak
-version=1.0
+version=4.0
 revision=1
-_release=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 short_desc="An implementation of the Unicode line breaking algorithm"
 maintainer="Diogo Leal <diogo@diogoleal.com>"
-license="zlib, libpng"
+license="zlib-acknowledgement"
 homepage=https://fbreader.org/content/fbreader-beta-linux-desktop""
 distfiles="https://fbreader.org/files/desktop/libunibreak_${version}-${_release}.tar.gz"
-checksum=d288deeb820c589e6df2d4ac14742bf8652663c34c4844ebf7d884132e488d6e
+distfiles="https://github.com/adah1972/libunibreak/releases/download/${pkgname}_${version/./_}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=f7329bef1eb169d3363f040cefcc323cfd0a0bc53290a35a395e1d1adc849539
+
+do_check() {
+	# tests require wget and downloading from somewhere
+	:
+}
 
 libunibreak-devel_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - development files"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libunibreak/update b/srcpkgs/libunibreak/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..075f1677550
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libunibreak/update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+site="https://github.com/adah1972/libunibreak/releases"
+pattern="$pkgname-\K[\d\.]*(?=\.tar\.gz)"