diff --git a/academic/octave/octave.SlackBuild b/academic/octave/octave.SlackBuild
index d4ee3118a0..a04563ecf5 100644
--- a/academic/octave/octave.SlackBuild
+++ b/academic/octave/octave.SlackBuild
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=octave
-VERSION=${VERSION:-7.2.0}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-7.3.0}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
diff --git a/academic/octave/octave.info b/academic/octave/octave.info
index aa901803a5..9d59c32711 100644
--- a/academic/octave/octave.info
+++ b/academic/octave/octave.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="octave"
-VERSION="7.2.0"
+VERSION="7.3.0"
 HOMEPAGE="https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/"
-DOWNLOAD="https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnu/octave/octave-7.2.0.tar.lz"
-MD5SUM="540a9be9f91d7f4c32b683ab25889a7c"
+DOWNLOAD="https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnu/octave/octave-7.3.0.tar.lz"
+MD5SUM="20c51e5945625aef00659193c6434f39"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="%README% lapack"