diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 7693053e46b..580a12d9c87 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -1222,8 +1222,8 @@ libHX.so.28 libHX-3.14_1
 libxkbcommon.so.0 libxkbcommon-0.2.0_1
 libxkbcommon-x11.so.0 libxkbcommon-x11-0.4.2_1
 libgee-0.8.so.2 libgee08-0.8.2_1
-libnettle.so.7 nettle-3.5.1_1
-libhogweed.so.5 nettle-3.5.1_1
+libnettle.so.8 nettle-3.6_1
+libhogweed.so.6 nettle-3.6_1
 libgtkspell.so.0 gtkspell-2.0.16_1
 libgtkspell3-3.so.0 gtkspell3-3.0.9_1
 libpurple.so.0 libpurple-2.10.6_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/nettle/template b/srcpkgs/nettle/template
index 2b2716179e7..a9409e1b782 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nettle/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nettle/template
@@ -1,18 +1,17 @@
 # Template file for 'nettle'
 pkgname=nettle
-version=3.5.1
+version=3.6
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-shared"
 hostmakedepends="m4 texinfo"
 makedepends="gmp-devel"
-short_desc="A low-level cryptographic library"
+short_desc="Low-level cryptographic library"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later, GPL-3.0-or-later"
-homepage="http://www.lysator.liu.se/~nisse/nettle/"
+homepage="https://www.lysator.liu.se/~nisse/nettle/"
 distfiles="${GNU_SITE}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=75cca1998761b02e16f2db56da52992aef622bf55a3b45ec538bc2eedadc9419
-
+checksum=d24c0d0f2abffbc8f4f34dcf114b0f131ec3774895f3555922fe2f40f3d5e3f1
 
 nettle-devel_package() {
 	depends="gmp-devel ${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"