diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 23d46900237..b1f33c3184a 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ libgiblib.so.1 giblib-1.2.4_1
 libgc.so.1 gc-7.1_1
 libcord.so.1 gc-7.4_1
 libgslcblas.so.0 gsl-1.15_1
-libgsl.so.19 gsl-2.1_1
+libgsl.so.23 gsl-2.4_1
 liblua5.1.so.5.1 lua51-5.1.5_1
 liblua5.2.so.5.2 lua52-5.2.4_2
 liblua5.3.so.5.3 lua-5.3.1_2
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gsl/template b/srcpkgs/gsl/template
index 11c365598df..69a0ee2fded 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gsl/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gsl/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'gsl'
 pkgname=gsl
-version=2.3
+version=2.4
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 short_desc="A numerical library for C and C++ programmers"
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 homepage="http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/gsl.html"
 license="GPL-3"
 distfiles="$GNU_SITE/gsl/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=562500b789cd599b3a4f88547a7a3280538ab2ff4939504c8b4ac4ca25feadfb
+checksum=4d46d07b946e7b31c19bbf33dda6204d7bedc2f5462a1bae1d4013426cd1ce9b
 
 gsl-devel_package() {
 	depends="gsl>=${version}_${revision}"