diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index abaf9b2b010..6b583c53c7d 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -650,9 +650,9 @@ libsasl2.so.3 libsasl-2.1.26_1
 liblber-2.4.so.2 libldap-2.4.21_1
 libldap-2.4.so.2 libldap-2.4.21_1
 libldap_r-2.4.so.2 libldap-2.4.21_1
-libevent-2.0.so.5 libevent-2.0.10_1
-libevent_core-2.0.so.5 libevent-2.0.21_1
-libevent_pthreads-2.0.so.5 libevent-2.0.21_1
+libevent-2.1.so.6 libevent-2.1.8_1
+libevent_core-2.1.so.6 libevent-2.1.8_1
+libevent_pthreads-2.1.so.6 libevent-2.1.8_1
 libSDL_mixer-1.2.so.0 SDL_mixer-1.2.11_1
 libapr-1.so.0 apr-1.4.2_1
 libaprutil-1.so.0 apr-util-1.3.9_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libevent/patches/CVE-2016-10195.patch b/srcpkgs/libevent/patches/CVE-2016-10195.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 83a76600852..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/libevent/patches/CVE-2016-10195.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-From 96f64a022014a208105ead6c8a7066018449d86d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Azat Khuzhin <a3at.mail@gmail.com>
-Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2016 17:32:09 +0300
-Subject: [PATCH] evdns: name_parse(): fix remote stack overread
-
---- evdns.c
-+++ evdns.c
-@@ -976,7 +976,6 @@ name_parse(u8 *packet, int length, int *idx, char *name_out, int name_out_len) {
-
- 	for (;;) {
- 		u8 label_len;
--		if (j >= length) return -1;
- 		GET8(label_len);
- 		if (!label_len) break;
- 		if (label_len & 0xc0) {
-@@ -997,6 +996,7 @@ name_parse(u8 *packet, int length, int *idx, char *name_out, int name_out_len) {
- 			*cp++ = '.';
- 		}
- 		if (cp + label_len >= end) return -1;
-+		if (j + label_len > length) return -1;
- 		memcpy(cp, packet + j, label_len);
- 		cp += label_len;
- 		j += label_len;
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libevent/patches/CVE-2016-10196.patch b/srcpkgs/libevent/patches/CVE-2016-10196.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index aaaa7f796a0..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/libevent/patches/CVE-2016-10196.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-From 329acc18a0768c21ba22522f01a5c7f46cacc4d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Azat Khuzhin <a3at.mail@gmail.com>
-Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2016 00:57:16 +0300
-Subject: [PATCH] evutil_parse_sockaddr_port(): fix buffer overflow
-
---- evutil.c
-+++ evutil.c
-@@ -2058,12 +2058,12 @@ evutil_parse_sockaddr_port(const char *ip_as_string, struct sockaddr *out, int *
-
- 	cp = strchr(ip_as_string, ':');
- 	if (*ip_as_string == '[') {
--		int len;
-+		size_t len;
- 		if (!(cp = strchr(ip_as_string, ']'))) {
- 			return -1;
- 		}
--		len = (int) ( cp-(ip_as_string + 1) );
--		if (len > (int)sizeof(buf)-1) {
-+		len = ( cp-(ip_as_string + 1) );
-+		if (len > sizeof(buf)-1) {
- 			return -1;
- 		}
- 		memcpy(buf, ip_as_string+1, len);
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libevent/patches/CVE-2016-10197.patch b/srcpkgs/libevent/patches/CVE-2016-10197.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 27bb7791d21..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/libevent/patches/CVE-2016-10197.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-From ec65c42052d95d2c23d1d837136d1cf1d9ecef9e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Azat Khuzhin <a3at.mail@gmail.com>
-Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2016 00:33:47 +0300
-Subject: [PATCH] evdns: fix searching empty hostnames
-
---- evdns.c
-+++ evdns.c
-@@ -3175,9 +3175,12 @@ search_set_from_hostname(struct evdns_base *base) {
- static char *
- search_make_new(const struct search_state *const state, int n, const char *const base_name) {
- 	const size_t base_len = strlen(base_name);
--	const char need_to_append_dot = base_name[base_len - 1] == '.' ? 0 : 1;
-+	char need_to_append_dot;
- 	struct search_domain *dom;
-
-+	if (!base_len) return NULL;
-+	need_to_append_dot = base_name[base_len - 1] == '.' ? 0 : 1;
-+
- 	for (dom = state->head; dom; dom = dom->next) {
- 		if (!n--) {
- 			/* this is the postfix we want */
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libevent/patches/libressl.patch b/srcpkgs/libevent/patches/libressl.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a7cfcc59870
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libevent/patches/libressl.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+--- openssl-compat.h.orig
++++ openssl-compat.h
+@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+ #ifndef OPENSSL_COMPAT_H
+ #define OPENSSL_COMPAT_H
+ 
+-#if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER < 0x10100000L
++#if (OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER < 0x10100000L) || defined(LIBRESSL_VERSION_NUMBER)
+ 
+ static inline BIO_METHOD *BIO_meth_new(int type, const char *name)
+ {
+@@ -30,6 +30,6 @@ static inline BIO_METHOD *BIO_meth_new(i
+ 
+ #define TLS_method SSLv23_method
+ 
+-#endif /* OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER < 0x10100000L */
++#endif /* (OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER < 0x10100000L) || defined(LIBRESSL_VERSION_NUMBER) */
+ 
+ #endif /* OPENSSL_COMPAT_H */
+--- sample/https-client.c.orig
++++ sample/https-client.c
+@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
+ 	}
+ 	uri[sizeof(uri) - 1] = '\0';
+ 
+-#if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER < 0x10100000L
++#if (OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER < 0x10100000L) || defined(LIBRESSL_VERSION_NUMBER)
+ 	// Initialize OpenSSL
+ 	SSL_library_init();
+ 	ERR_load_crypto_strings();
+@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ cleanup:
+ 		SSL_CTX_free(ssl_ctx);
+ 	if (type == HTTP && ssl)
+ 		SSL_free(ssl);
+-#if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER < 0x10100000L
++#if (OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER < 0x10100000L) || defined(LIBRESSL_VERSION_NUMBER)
+ 	EVP_cleanup();
+ 	ERR_free_strings();
+ 
+@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ cleanup:
+ 	CRYPTO_cleanup_all_ex_data();
+ 
+ 	sk_SSL_COMP_free(SSL_COMP_get_compression_methods());
+-#endif /*OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER < 0x10100000L */
++#endif /* (OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER < 0x10100000L) || defined(LIBRESSL_VERSION_NUMBER) */
+ 
+ #ifdef _WIN32
+ 	WSACleanup();
+--- sample/le-proxy.c.orig
++++ sample/le-proxy.c
+@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
+ 
+ 	if (use_ssl) {
+ 		int r;
+-#if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER < 0x10100000L
++#if (OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER < 0x10100000L) || defined(LIBRESSL_VERSION_NUMBER)
+ 		SSL_library_init();
+ 		ERR_load_crypto_strings();
+ 		SSL_load_error_strings();
+--- sample/openssl_hostname_validation.c.orig
++++ sample/openssl_hostname_validation.c
+@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ SOFTWARE.
+ 
+ #define HOSTNAME_MAX_SIZE 255
+ 
+-#if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER < 0x10100000L
++#if (OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER < 0x10100000L) || defined(LIBRESSL_VERSION_NUMBER)
+ #define ASN1_STRING_get0_data ASN1_STRING_data
+ #endif
+ 
+--- test/regress_ssl.c.orig
++++ test/regress_ssl.c
+@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ get_ssl_ctx(void)
+ void
+ init_ssl(void)
+ {
+-#if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER < 0x10100000L
++#if (OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER < 0x10100000L) || defined(LIBRESSL_VERSION_NUMBER)
+ 	SSL_library_init();
+ 	ERR_load_crypto_strings();
+ 	SSL_load_error_strings();
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libevent/template b/srcpkgs/libevent/template
index 7a8785a52e0..c131331773e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libevent/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libevent/template
@@ -1,16 +1,20 @@
 # Template file for 'libevent'
 pkgname=libevent
-version=2.0.22
-revision=8
-wrksrc="$pkgname-$version-stable"
+version=2.1.8
+revision=1
+wrksrc="${pkgname}-${version}-stable"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 makedepends="libressl-devel"
 short_desc="Abstract asynchronous event notification library"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
-homepage="http://www.monkey.org/~provos/libevent/"
-license="GPL-2"
-distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/levent/$pkgname-$version-stable.tar.gz"
-checksum=71c2c49f0adadacfdbe6332a372c38cf9c8b7895bb73dabeaa53cdcc1d4e1fa3
+homepage="http://libevent.org/"
+license="3-clause-BSD"
+distfiles="https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases/download/release-${version}-stable/libevent-${version}-stable.tar.gz"
+checksum=965cc5a8bb46ce4199a47e9b2c9e1cae3b137e8356ffdad6d94d3b9069b71dc2
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense LICENSE
+}
 
 libevent-devel_package() {
 	depends="${makedepends} ${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libevent/update b/srcpkgs/libevent/update
deleted file mode 100644
index 125db71da82..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/libevent/update
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-ignore="*beta*"