diff --git a/srcpkgs/lilypond/template b/srcpkgs/lilypond/template
index 0cc74759a10..15026807041 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/lilypond/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/lilypond/template
@@ -1,28 +1,28 @@
 # Template file for 'lilypond'
 pkgname=lilypond
-version=2.23.6
+# should be kept in sync with 'lilypond-doc'
+version=2.23.9
 revision=1
 build_wrksrc="build"
 build_style="gnu-configure"
 configure_script="../configure"
 configure_args="--disable-documentation ac_cv_func_isinf=yes
  --with-texgyre-dir=/usr/share/texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/public/tex-gyre"
-hostmakedepends="autogen automake bison flex fontforge gettext guile1.8 perl
+hostmakedepends="autogen automake bison flex fontforge gettext perl
  pkg-config python3 t1utils tar texinfo texlive"
-makedepends="gc-devel guile1.8-devel libltdl-devel pango-devel"
-depends="ghostscript python3"
+makedepends="gc-devel guile-devel libltdl-devel pango-devel"
+depends="ghostscript guile python3"
 checkdepends="ImageMagick rsync texi2html"
 short_desc="Music engraving program"
 maintainer="newbluemoon <blaumolch@mailbox.org>"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later, GFDL-1.3-or-later"
 homepage="https://lilypond.org/"
 distfiles="https://lilypond.org/downloads/sources/v2.23/lilypond-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=a179bd974a0e64390efef5bb0cc1e7287f1218237548433adba51c4f25bba2ce
+checksum=11204fab661a5324f55c607dc8f9363a47afc741563f8dc867cdd60c173b27db
 python_version=3
+make_check=ci-skip # ci fails, but all checks pass locally
 
 if [ -n "${CROSS_BUILD}" ]; then
-	# needs guile-config-1.8
-	hostmakedepends+=" guile1.8-devel"
 	makedepends+=" libfl-devel"
 fi