diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 140a3893f94..0774539703f 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ libField3D.so.1.7 Field3D-1.7.3_1
 libMAC.so.6 libMAC-5.28_1
 libmad.so.0 libmad-0.15.1b_1
 libmatroska.so.7 libmatroska-1.6.0_1
-libmatrix_client.so.0.3.1 mtxclient-0.3.1_3
+libmatrix_client.so.0.5.1 mtxclient-0.5.1_1
 libebml.so.5 libebml-1.4.0_1
 libdvdread.so.8 libdvdread-6.1.1_1
 libdvdnav.so.4 libdvdnav-4.1.3_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/mtxclient/template b/srcpkgs/mtxclient/template
index 5c5806d3cf7..35f3d4a10f4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mtxclient/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mtxclient/template
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 # Template file for 'mtxclient'
 pkgname=mtxclient
-version=0.3.1
-revision=3
+version=0.5.1
+revision=1
 build_style=cmake
-configure_args="-DBUILD_LIB_TESTS=OFF -DBUILD_LIB_EXAMPLES=OFF -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON"
+configure_args="-DBUILD_LIB_TESTS=OFF -DBUILD_LIB_EXAMPLES=OFF"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
-makedepends="boost-devel json-c++ olm-devel openssl-devel libsodium-devel"
+makedepends="boost-devel json-c++ olm-devel openssl-devel"
 short_desc="Client API library for the Matrix protocol"
 maintainer="Lorem <notloremipsum@protonmail.com>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="https://github.com/Nheko-Reborn/mtxclient"
 distfiles="https://github.com/Nheko-Reborn/mtxclient/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=e4899cc4ce87397de2aef865e94ea2cdb8d9cb86253727e7d90532b925ecc770
+checksum=9478d870296ebe7679c90f563cb798eb3cdd3f9c4578ceea5af75b66f456baaa
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE