diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 3cc9b4106e7..b2993fc55c9 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ libosp.so.5 opensp-1.5.2_1
 libogrove.so.0 openjade-1.3.2_1
 libospgrove.so.0 openjade-1.3.2_1
 libostyle.so.0 openjade-1.3.2_1
-libtorrent.so.19 libtorrent-0.13.6_1
+libtorrent.so.20 libtorrent-0.13.7_1
 libgiblib.so.1 giblib-1.2.4_1
 libgc.so.1 gc-7.6.4_1
 libcord.so.1 gc-7.4_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libtorrent/template b/srcpkgs/libtorrent/template
index 611b62ba59b..b01edafccca 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libtorrent/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libtorrent/template
@@ -1,25 +1,23 @@
-# Template build file for 'libtorrent'
+# Template file for 'libtorrent'
 pkgname=libtorrent
-version=0.13.6
-revision=6
+version=0.13.7
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-static --disable-debug --without-kqueue
  --enable-aligned --with-posix-fallocate"
 hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config"
-makedepends="zlib-devel libressl-devel"
+makedepends="cppunit-devel libressl-devel zlib-devel"
 short_desc="BitTorrent library written in C++"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
+license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://github.com/rakshasa/${pkgname}"
-license="GPL-2"
-distfiles="https://github.com/rakshasa/${pkgname}/archive/${version}.tar.gz>${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=bf963ac6e73e194a2cd87ebdf809988b5b3d6244bb7cd43d7d0c4852fc501524
+distfiles="https://github.com/rakshasa/${pkgname}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=86b4b1753385aaddf9e59ad94f1292eee5102139eb57520e84d1af2f04693708
 
 pre_configure() {
-	# Drop cppunit requirement
-	sed '/AM_PATH_CPPUNIT.*/d' -i configure.ac
 	autoreconf -fi
-	sed -e 's,test "$cross_compiling" = yes, false,' -i configure
 }
+
 post_configure() {
 	# Replace wrong (for cross buidls) -L/lib in Makefiles
 	for f in $(find ${wrksrc} -name Makefile); do