diff --git a/srcpkgs/pgbouncer/template b/srcpkgs/pgbouncer/template
index ce56949f60adff..519e2b0cd55120 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pgbouncer/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pgbouncer/template
@@ -1,23 +1,19 @@
 # Template file for 'pgbouncer'
 pkgname=pgbouncer
-version=1.21.0
+version=1.26.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config python3 pandoc"
 makedepends="libevent-devel"
-checkdepends="python3-pytest-xdist python3-pytest-asyncio python3-filelock python3-psycopg postgresql15 postgresql15-client"
+checkdepends="python3-pytest-xdist python3-pytest-asyncio python3-pytest-timeout python3-filelock
+ python3-psycopg postgresql postgresql-client postgresql-contrib postgresql-libs-devel socat"
 short_desc="Lightweight connection pooler for PostgreSQL"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="ISC"
-homepage="https://pgbouncer.github.io/"
-changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pgbouncer/pgbouncer/master/NEWS.md"
-distfiles="https://pgbouncer.github.io/downloads/files/${version}/pgbouncer-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=7e1dd620c8d85a8490aff25061d5055d7aef9cf3e8bfe2d9e7719b8ee59114e2
-make_check=ci-skip # Postgres server can't be run as root
-
-pre_check() {
-	. /etc/profile.d/postgresql15.sh
-}
+homepage="https://www.pgbouncer.org/"
+changelog="https://www.pgbouncer.org/changelog.html"
+distfiles="https://www.pgbouncer.org/downloads/files/${version}/pgbouncer-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=afd25dd61ee6775d37b40629b87ce08736b3e6955f3057bb212e410fbf21c71d
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense COPYRIGHT