diff --git a/package/wpewebkit/wpewebkit.hash b/package/wpewebkit/wpewebkit.hash
index 231bbc447d..1e1aa62117 100644
--- a/package/wpewebkit/wpewebkit.hash
+++ b/package/wpewebkit/wpewebkit.hash
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-# From https://wpewebkit.org/releases/wpewebkit-2.34.6.tar.xz.sums
-md5  c9705270b342474cca28cf51632ccbbe  wpewebkit-2.34.6.tar.xz
-sha1  44ae95de1b5ebf0a2b0ea3630b3677153c597402  wpewebkit-2.34.6.tar.xz
-sha256  301e895c8ed08ce7dccef3192b972f2ccfc2020463244c64069a636f2b05265f  wpewebkit-2.34.6.tar.xz
+# From https://wpewebkit.org/releases/wpewebkit-2.36.0.tar.xz.sums
+md5  b7b951cd7f6eb4a8585338505ce71234  wpewebkit-2.36.0.tar.xz
+sha1  904629a9ce3a4ab67d47315b008dc3152d504205  wpewebkit-2.36.0.tar.xz
+sha256  096aa9f87d9bfbfc80f558388a86721cdcc508b42ddef10bd270aec9aee96d5a  wpewebkit-2.36.0.tar.xz
 
 # Hashes for license files:
 sha256  0b5d3a7cc325942567373b0ecd757d07c132e0ebd7c97bfc63f7e1a76094edb4  Source/WebCore/LICENSE-APPLE
diff --git a/package/wpewebkit/wpewebkit.mk b/package/wpewebkit/wpewebkit.mk
index aa04e78623..3ce38d8c27 100644
--- a/package/wpewebkit/wpewebkit.mk
+++ b/package/wpewebkit/wpewebkit.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-WPEWEBKIT_VERSION = 2.34.6
+WPEWEBKIT_VERSION = 2.36.0
 WPEWEBKIT_SITE = http://www.wpewebkit.org/releases
 WPEWEBKIT_SOURCE = wpewebkit-$(WPEWEBKIT_VERSION).tar.xz
 WPEWEBKIT_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
@@ -81,10 +81,10 @@ WPEWEBKIT_CONF_OPTS += -DUSE_WOFF2=OFF
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_INIT_SYSTEMD),y)
-WPEWEBKIT_CONF_OPTS += -DUSE_SYSTEMD=ON
+WPEWEBKIT_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_JOURNALD_LOG=ON
 WPEWEBKIT_DEPENDENCIES += systemd
 else
-WPEWEBKIT_CONF_OPTS += -DUSE_SYSTEMD=OFF
+WPEWEBKIT_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_JOURNALD_LOG=OFF
 endif
 
 # JIT is not supported for MIPS r6, but the WebKit build system does not