diff --git a/libs/libsoup/Makefile b/libs/libsoup/Makefile
index 775e9205d..f6a7f8484 100644
--- a/libs/libsoup/Makefile
+++ b/libs/libsoup/Makefile
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=libsoup
-PKG_VERSION:=2.28.2
+PKG_VERSION:=2.38.1
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
-PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNOME/$(PKG_NAME)/2.28
-PKG_MD5SUM:=31d7ad416005eed4b78f07ac01b6b9f0
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNOME/$(PKG_NAME)/2.38
+PKG_MD5SUM:=d13fb4968acea24c26b83268a308f580
 
 PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf
 PKG_INSTALL:=1