diff --git a/utf8proc/.footprint b/utf8proc/.footprint
index f01acaaa0..6acd985bf 100644
--- a/utf8proc/.footprint
+++ b/utf8proc/.footprint
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/include/
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/include/utf8proc.h
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/
-lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libutf8proc.so -> libutf8proc.so.2.6.0
-lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libutf8proc.so.2 -> libutf8proc.so.2.6.0
--rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libutf8proc.so.2.6.0
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libutf8proc.so -> libutf8proc.so.3.0.0
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libutf8proc.so.3 -> libutf8proc.so.3.0.0
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libutf8proc.so.3.0.0
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/pkgconfig/
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/pkgconfig/libutf8proc.pc
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/pkgconfig/utf8proc.pc
diff --git a/utf8proc/.signature b/utf8proc/.signature
index 4e0479374..e1c70caa4 100644
--- a/utf8proc/.signature
+++ b/utf8proc/.signature
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 untrusted comment: verify with /etc/ports/contrib.pub
-RWSagIOpLGJF30iEaEGq3k20x1OWD7tN6xG6GFKpxG4ib0g5OMoYUHZ+l2mM48fLgH95UZVxQk7TMWPQ9P3d1uMej0fwVnMimgA=
-SHA256 (Pkgfile) = f3dbfa1cc75f00aa6a037059220c8687c6f2dd0d15d36f715e5138aca183ecc9
-SHA256 (.footprint) = 14d73cdf7b7729f0a9f394eea9349bbcfdffd565f6d562dcf472ac9af88d9bb5
-SHA256 (utf8proc-2.8.0.tar.gz) = a0a60a79fe6f6d54e7d411facbfcc867a6e198608f2cd992490e46f04b1bcecc
+RWSagIOpLGJF31HfNrvBJnnzNXN0ZmlfVeL/43tmbvxgUkEwlzjoRhc1cHbCQmrMG3S1Zj1SjaDfQzqBYsZl13aOKOCRm4uOoAM=
+SHA256 (Pkgfile) = 377b32587db7efc40bee260bd63213bd1edf62a3e92bdb796ac6c09afd433477
+SHA256 (.footprint) = 16c1908a3731e1eb2e007dde3147e98248d768a957eb0b224d3cbfc088175ab8
+SHA256 (utf8proc-2.9.0.tar.gz) = 18c1626e9fc5a2e192311e36b3010bfc698078f692888940f1fa150547abb0c1
diff --git a/utf8proc/Pkgfile b/utf8proc/Pkgfile
index 64f7361f9..11a59d5f6 100644
--- a/utf8proc/Pkgfile
+++ b/utf8proc/Pkgfile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Maintainer: Tim Biermann, tbier at posteo dot de
 
 name=utf8proc
-version=2.8.0
+version=2.9.0
 release=1
 source=(https://github.com/JuliaStrings/utf8proc/archive/v$version/$name-$version.tar.gz)