diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 71b00b3f7ad..d8e20574105 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -1130,7 +1130,7 @@ libopusfile.so.0 opusfile-0.2_1
 libopusurl.so.0 opusfile-0.6_1
 libgtkaml.so.0 libgtkaml-0.5.94_1
 libgtk-vnc-1.0.so.0 gtk2-vnc-0.4.4_2
-libgranite.so.3 granite-0.3.1_1
+libgranite.so.4 granite-0.5.0_1
 libprotobuf-vala.so.0 libprotobuf-vala-0.1.0_1
 librlog.so.5 librlog-1.4_1
 libtinyxml.so.0 tinyxml-2.6.2_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/granite/template b/srcpkgs/granite/template
index 1ba153a4031..7eb2516819b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/granite/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/granite/template
@@ -1,19 +1,20 @@
 # Template file for 'granite'
 pkgname=granite
-version=0.4.1
+version=0.5.0
 revision=1
+create_wrksrc=yes
 build_style=cmake
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config gobject-introspection vala-devel"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config gobject-introspection vala-devel libgee08-devel"
 makedepends="gtk+3-devel libgee08-devel"
 depends="hicolor-icon-theme"
 short_desc="GTK+3 extension providing commonly-used widgets"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 homepage="https://launchpad.net/granite"
 license="LGPL-3"
-distfiles="https://launchpad.net/granite/${version%.*}/${version}/+download/granite-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=8bb411523e6cd5685c928dbfe08893892189cedf9fad5f537aa76182032cf09c
+distfiles="https://launchpad.net/granite/${version%.*}/${version%.*}/+download/granite-${version%.*}.tar.xz"
+checksum=2500819cc24f4a9c525389b4180bcdf09c4d63c953201f4650513842cb7a9521
 
-nocross="error: Package 'gee-0.8' not found in specified Vala API directories or GObject-Introspection GIR directories"
+nocross="cross-compilation doesn't create gir- files, breaking applications that depend on it like pantheon-calculator"
 
 granite-devel_package() {
 	depends="${makedepends} ${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"