diff --git a/lang/vala/Makefile b/lang/vala/Makefile
index d3dbc82ff..ff462a952 100644
--- a/lang/vala/Makefile
+++ b/lang/vala/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2006-2014 OpenWrt.org
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2015 OpenWrt.org
 #
 # This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
 # See /LICENSE for more information.
@@ -8,15 +8,15 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=vala
-PKG_VERSION:=0.26.1
+PKG_VERSION:=0.27.1
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 PKG_LICENSE:=LGPL-2.1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNOME/vala/0.26/
-PKG_MD5SUM:=723a03b822d4cc47abc4019685970a3e
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNOME/vala/0.27/
+PKG_MD5SUM:=27302efb557d4a6bf634eb6444d90be8
 
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=glib2/host vala/host
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=glib2 glib2/host vala/host
 HOST_BUILD_DEPENDS:=glib2/host
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk
@@ -47,21 +47,21 @@ endef
 
 define Build/InstallDev
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) \
-		$(1)/usr/share/vala-0.26/vapi \
+		$(1)/usr/share/vala-0.28/vapi \
 		$(1)/usr/lib \
 		$(1)/usr/share/pkgconfig \
 		$(1)/usr/bin
 
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) \
-		$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/share/vala-0.26/vapi/* \
-		$(1)/usr/share/vala-0.26/vapi
+		$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/share/vala-0.28/vapi/* \
+		$(1)/usr/share/vala-0.28/vapi
 
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) \
-		$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libvala-0.26.{so*,la} \
+		$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libvala-0.28.{so*,la} \
 		$(1)/usr/lib
 
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) \
-		$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/bin/{vala,vala-0.26,valac,valac-0.26,vapicheck,vapicheck-0.26,vapigen,vapigen-0.26,vala-gen-introspect,vala-gen-introspect-0.26} \
+		$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/bin/{vala,vala-0.28,valac,valac-0.28,vapicheck,vapicheck-0.28,vapigen,vapigen-0.28,vala-gen-introspect,vala-gen-introspect-0.28} \
 		$(1)/usr/bin
 
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) \