diff --git a/srcpkgs/libevent/template b/srcpkgs/libevent/template
index ada4e2a2d00..3cd661a4e3c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libevent/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libevent/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'libevent'
 pkgname=libevent
-version=2.0.20
+version=2.0.21
 revision=1
 wrksrc="$pkgname-$version-stable"
 subpackages="$pkgname-devel"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.monkey.org/~provos/libevent/"
 license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="https://github.com/downloads/$pkgname/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version-stable.tar.gz"
-checksum=10698a0e6abb3ca00b1c9e8cfddc66933bcc4c9c78b5600a7064c4c3ef9c6a24
+checksum=22a530a8a5ba1cb9c080cba033206b17dacd21437762155c6d30ee6469f574f5
 long_desc="
  The libevent API provides a mechanism to execute a callback function
  when a specific event occurs on a file descriptor or after a timeout