diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index b8b67e70713..875162c5906 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -2964,7 +2964,7 @@ libhackrf.so.0 libhackrf-2017.02.1_1
 libtecla.so.1 libtecla-1.6.3_1
 libtecla_r.so.1 libtecla-1.6.3_1
 libzim.so.5 libzim-5.0.0_1
-libkiwix.so.5 kiwix-lib-5.0.0_1
+libkiwix.so.6 kiwix-lib-6.0.0_1
 libaria2.so.0 libaria2-1.33.1_3
 librpm.so.8 librpm-4.14.1_1
 librpmsign.so.8 librpmsign-4.14.1_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/kiwix-lib/template b/srcpkgs/kiwix-lib/template
index 4e77ad1d34f..a2217c1a8cd 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/kiwix-lib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/kiwix-lib/template
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 # Template file for 'kiwix-lib'
 pkgname=kiwix-lib
-version=5.2.0
+version=6.0.0
 revision=1
 build_style=meson
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="icu-devel libzim-devel pugixml-devel xapian-core-devel
- libcurl-devel Mustache gtest-devel"
+ libmicrohttpd-devel libcurl-devel Mustache gtest-devel"
 short_desc="Common code base for all Kiwix ports"
 maintainer="John <johnz@posteo.net>"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://www.kiwix.org/"
 changelog="https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-lib/blob/${version}/ChangeLog"
 distfiles="https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-lib/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=159ded792b34e2eb5a796cec1786e23b39769ec5661a0e93c7effd9a6c518af2
+checksum=17504fd4cb59032b07982651698c06797e3b6e2c1e6a6e422222d07f60d477c4
 
 kiwix-lib-devel_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - development packages"