diff --git a/package/libxmlpp/libxmlpp.hash b/package/libxmlpp/libxmlpp.hash
index 7a59880e7e..50238eff00 100644
--- a/package/libxmlpp/libxmlpp.hash
+++ b/package/libxmlpp/libxmlpp.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# From http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/libxml++/3.2/libxml++-3.2.0.sha256sum
-sha256  b786fae7fd7820d356698069a787d107995c3efcbef50d8f4efd3766ab768e4f  libxml++-3.2.0.tar.xz
+# From http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/libxml++/5.0/libxml++-5.0.1.sha256sum
+sha256  15c38307a964fa6199f4da6683a599eb7e63cc89198545b36349b87cf9aa0098  libxml++-5.0.1.tar.xz
 
 # Hash for license file
 sha256  a190dc9c8043755d90f8b0a75fa66b9e42d4af4c980bf5ddc633f0124db3cee7  COPYING
diff --git a/package/libxmlpp/libxmlpp.mk b/package/libxmlpp/libxmlpp.mk
index 98cba2a5a2..874577eb1f 100644
--- a/package/libxmlpp/libxmlpp.mk
+++ b/package/libxmlpp/libxmlpp.mk
@@ -4,13 +4,17 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBXMLPP_VERSION_MAJOR = 3.2
-LIBXMLPP_VERSION = $(LIBXMLPP_VERSION_MAJOR).0
+LIBXMLPP_VERSION_MAJOR = 5.0
+LIBXMLPP_VERSION = $(LIBXMLPP_VERSION_MAJOR).1
 LIBXMLPP_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1 (library), LGPL-2.0+ (examples)
 LIBXMLPP_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 LIBXMLPP_SOURCE = libxml++-$(LIBXMLPP_VERSION).tar.xz
 LIBXMLPP_SITE = http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/libxml++/$(LIBXMLPP_VERSION_MAJOR)
 LIBXMLPP_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 LIBXMLPP_DEPENDENCIES = libxml2 glibmm host-pkgconf
+LIBXMLPP_CONF_OPTS = \
+	-Dbuild-examples=false \
+	-Dbuild-tests=false \
+	-Dvalidation=false
 
-$(eval $(autotools-package))
+$(eval $(meson-package))