diff --git a/libsoup/.footprint b/libsoup/.footprint
index 7a13a3c3b..d4e832c8d 100644
--- a/libsoup/.footprint
+++ b/libsoup/.footprint
@@ -66,14 +66,14 @@ drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/girepository-1.0/
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/girepository-1.0/SoupGNOME-2.4.typelib
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/libsoup-2.4.a
 -rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libsoup-2.4.la
-lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libsoup-2.4.so -> libsoup-2.4.so.1.7.0
-lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libsoup-2.4.so.1 -> libsoup-2.4.so.1.7.0
--rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libsoup-2.4.so.1.7.0
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libsoup-2.4.so -> libsoup-2.4.so.1.8.0
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libsoup-2.4.so.1 -> libsoup-2.4.so.1.8.0
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libsoup-2.4.so.1.8.0
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/libsoup-gnome-2.4.a
 -rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libsoup-gnome-2.4.la
-lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libsoup-gnome-2.4.so -> libsoup-gnome-2.4.so.1.7.0
-lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libsoup-gnome-2.4.so.1 -> libsoup-gnome-2.4.so.1.7.0
--rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libsoup-gnome-2.4.so.1.7.0
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libsoup-gnome-2.4.so -> libsoup-gnome-2.4.so.1.8.0
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libsoup-gnome-2.4.so.1 -> libsoup-gnome-2.4.so.1.8.0
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libsoup-gnome-2.4.so.1.8.0
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/pkgconfig/
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/pkgconfig/libsoup-2.4.pc
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/pkgconfig/libsoup-gnome-2.4.pc
diff --git a/libsoup/.md5sum b/libsoup/.md5sum
index d179d9791..4de95eff1 100644
--- a/libsoup/.md5sum
+++ b/libsoup/.md5sum
@@ -1 +1 @@
-e4757d09012ed93822b1ee41435fec24  libsoup-2.52.2.tar.xz
+465083f74b7bb035959ddb0599313986  libsoup-2.56.0.tar.xz
diff --git a/libsoup/Pkgfile b/libsoup/Pkgfile
index ecf31e76e..e5b7d6ea6 100644
--- a/libsoup/Pkgfile
+++ b/libsoup/Pkgfile
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 ## gobject-introspection is optional but required for webkitgtk
 
 name=libsoup
-version=2.52.2
-release=3
+version=2.56.0
+release=1
 source=(http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/$name/${version%.*}/$name-$version.tar.xz)
 
 build() {