diff --git a/package/webkitgtk/Config.in b/package/webkitgtk/Config.in
index 23c0bf41db..6835467c46 100644
--- a/package/webkitgtk/Config.in
+++ b/package/webkitgtk/Config.in
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_WEBKITGTK
 	depends on !BR2_BINFMT_FLAT # icu
 	depends on BR2_HOST_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9 # icu, host-ruby
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # wayland, icu, libsoup
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # wayland, icu, libsoup3
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_8
-	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # icu, libsoup
+	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # icu, libsoup3
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGTK3
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_WEBKITGTK_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_CAIRO
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_WEBKITGTK
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_JPEG
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGCRYPT
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSECRET
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSOUP
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSOUP3
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBTASN1
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXML2
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXSLT
@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ comment "sandboxing support needs a toolchain w/ headers >= 3.12"
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_WEBKITGTK_HTTPS
 	bool "HTTPS support"
-	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # libsoup -> glib-networking, gnutls
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # libsoup3 -> glib-networking, gnutls
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_CA_CERTIFICATES # runtime
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSOUP_SSL
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSOUP3_SSL
 	help
 	  Enable HTTPS protocol support.
 
diff --git a/package/webkitgtk/webkitgtk.mk b/package/webkitgtk/webkitgtk.mk
index 3e9d42c7c3..32f6102797 100644
--- a/package/webkitgtk/webkitgtk.mk
+++ b/package/webkitgtk/webkitgtk.mk
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ WEBKITGTK_LICENSE_FILES = \
 	Source/WebCore/LICENSE-LGPL-2.1
 WEBKITGTK_CPE_ID_VENDOR = webkitgtk
 WEBKITGTK_DEPENDENCIES = host-ruby host-python3 host-gperf host-unifdef \
-	enchant harfbuzz icu jpeg libgcrypt libgtk3 libsecret libsoup \
+	enchant harfbuzz icu jpeg libgcrypt libgtk3 libsecret libsoup3 \
 	libtasn1 libxml2 libxslt openjpeg sqlite webp woff2
 
 WEBKITGTK_CMAKE_BACKEND = ninja
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ WEBKITGTK_CONF_OPTS = \
 	-DUSE_AVIF=OFF \
 	-DUSE_LIBHYPHEN=OFF \
 	-DUSE_OPENJPEG=ON \
-	-DUSE_SOUP2=ON \
 	-DUSE_WOFF2=ON
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_WEBKITGTK_SANDBOX),y)