diff --git a/srcpkgs/libguestfs/template b/srcpkgs/libguestfs/template
index 3b6abdddea1..ad556a8d4f5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libguestfs/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libguestfs/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'libguestfs'
 pkgname=libguestfs
-version=1.54.1
-revision=3
+version=1.56.1
+revision=1
 _version_short=${version%.*}
 build_style=gnu-configure
 make_install_args="INSTALLDIRS=vendor"
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ configure_args="--disable-static --disable-probes --disable-appliance
 hostmakedepends="cpio gperf cdrtools flex pkg-config automake libtool qemu git
  ocaml ocaml-findlib perl-Module-Build perl hivex supermin zstd
  $(vopt_if ruby ruby) $(vopt_if python python3) $(vopt_if go go) $(vopt_if php php) $(vopt_if lua lua53)"
-makedepends="ncurses-devel pcre2-devel augeas-devel libxml2-devel gettext-devel file-devel jansson-devel
+makedepends="ncurses-devel pcre2-devel augeas-devel libxml2-devel gettext-devel file-devel jansson-devel json-c-devel
  yajl-devel perl libtirpc-devel $(vopt_if ruby ruby-devel) $(vopt_if python python3-devel)
  $(vopt_if php php-devel) $(vopt_if lua lua53-devel) $(vopt_if fuse fuse-devel)"
 short_desc="Access and modify virtual machine disk image"
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ maintainer="Andrea Brancaleoni <abc@pompel.me>"
 license=" GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://libguestfs.org"
 distfiles="http://libguestfs.org/download/${_version_short}-stable/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=6e3fc6ac192675f7bc2840a561bb36a36d3d5a8dfa7f88ea2f53f8cf602a177e
+checksum=9cadd550ae312f2ffe243b7737d3f46d56beef539bec8383ca8cb0d3fdf62ef5
 make_check=no # many tests need guest applicance
 
 conf_files="etc/libguestfs-tools.conf"