diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 880e3297137..d2791c238ea 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -3133,7 +3133,7 @@ libhackrf.so.0 libhackrf-2017.02.1_1
 libtecla.so.1 libtecla-1.6.3_1
 libtecla_r.so.1 libtecla-1.6.3_1
 libzim.so.8 libzim-8.2.1_1
-libkiwix.so.9 kiwix-lib-9.0.1_1
+libkiwix.so.12 kiwix-lib-12.1.0_1
 libaria2.so.0 libaria2-1.35.0_3
 librpm.so.9 librpm-4.15.0_1
 librpmsign.so.9 librpmsign-4.15.0_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/kiwix-lib/template b/srcpkgs/kiwix-lib/template
index 4b8fa31866d..5a6401a106e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/kiwix-lib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/kiwix-lib/template
@@ -1,27 +1,30 @@
 # Template file for 'kiwix-lib'
 pkgname=kiwix-lib
-version=9.4.1
-revision=6
+version=12.1.0
+revision=1
 build_style=meson
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="icu-devel libzim-devel pugixml-devel xapian-core-devel
- libmicrohttpd-devel libcurl-devel Mustache gtest-devel"
+ libmicrohttpd-devel libcurl-devel Mustache zlib-devel"
+depends="aria2"
+checkdepends="gtest-devel"
 short_desc="Common code base for all Kiwix ports"
 maintainer="John <me@johnnynator.dev>"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://www.kiwix.org/"
-changelog="https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-lib/blob/${version}/ChangeLog"
-distfiles="https://sources.voidlinux-ppc.org/kiwix-lib-${version}/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=f76bfa90411c52d4d8c49ac5767928fc28d01ef26916d72df4856cf08b064202
+changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kiwix/libkiwix/main/ChangeLog"
+distfiles="https://github.com/kiwix/libkiwix/archive/refs/tags/${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=42e8f9f973054e11f17381c988790c8f8267898b5a611741f0aa03cc4ccf3f75
 
 kiwix-lib-devel_package() {
-	short_desc+=" - development packages"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
 	depends="pugixml-devel icu-devel xapian-core-devel libzim-devel
 	 libaria2-devel ${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/lib/*.so
 		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
 		vmove usr/bin
+		vmove usr/share/man
 		vmove usr/include
 	}
 }