diff --git a/package/libxkbcommon/libxkbcommon.mk b/package/libxkbcommon/libxkbcommon.mk
index 3bfe764c56..2d30506909 100644
--- a/package/libxkbcommon/libxkbcommon.mk
+++ b/package/libxkbcommon/libxkbcommon.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBXKBCOMMON_VERSION = 0.3.0
+LIBXKBCOMMON_VERSION = 0.5.0
 LIBXKBCOMMON_SITE = http://xkbcommon.org/download
 LIBXKBCOMMON_SOURCE = libxkbcommon-$(LIBXKBCOMMON_VERSION).tar.xz
 LIBXKBCOMMON_LICENSE = MIT/X11