diff --git a/python/pyzmq/pyzmq.SlackBuild b/python/pyzmq/pyzmq.SlackBuild
index 55740d32fb..75feaba38e 100644
--- a/python/pyzmq/pyzmq.SlackBuild
+++ b/python/pyzmq/pyzmq.SlackBuild
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=pyzmq
-VERSION=${VERSION:-14.4.1}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-14.5.0}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -60,11 +60,7 @@ rm -rf $PKG
 mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
 rm -rf $TMP/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cd $TMP
-if [ -e $CWD/v$VERSION.tar.gz ]; then
-  tar xvf $CWD/v$VERSION.tar.gz
-else
-  tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz
-fi
+tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz || tar xvf $CWD/v$VERSION.tar.gz
 cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 chown -R root:root .
 find -L . \
diff --git a/python/pyzmq/pyzmq.info b/python/pyzmq/pyzmq.info
index 9457043c28..688aef9fdd 100644
--- a/python/pyzmq/pyzmq.info
+++ b/python/pyzmq/pyzmq.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="pyzmq"
-VERSION="14.4.1"
+VERSION="14.5.0"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/zeromq/pyzmq"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/zeromq/pyzmq/archive/v14.4.1.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="946db1f6309079c9989170c2e4e001db"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/zeromq/pyzmq/archive/v14.5.0.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="d69df0a51a13ba42788351eefe78e7ff"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="Cython zeromq"