diff --git a/libraries/yaz/slack-desc b/libraries/yaz/slack-desc
index 7effaaa4f6..be184d6511 100644
--- a/libraries/yaz/slack-desc
+++ b/libraries/yaz/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.  Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.  You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct.  It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct.  It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
 
    |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
 yaz: YAZ (a programmers toolkit)
diff --git a/libraries/yaz/yaz.SlackBuild b/libraries/yaz/yaz.SlackBuild
index 869b43bc4c..fc1a3c8049 100644
--- a/libraries/yaz/yaz.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/yaz/yaz.SlackBuild
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 # OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=yaz
-VERSION=${VERSION:-4.2.33}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-4.2.51}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/libraries/yaz/yaz.info b/libraries/yaz/yaz.info
index 1b72bda712..7553058b19 100644
--- a/libraries/yaz/yaz.info
+++ b/libraries/yaz/yaz.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="yaz"
-VERSION="4.2.33"
+VERSION="4.2.51"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.indexdata.dk/yaz/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://ftp.indexdata.dk/pub/yaz/yaz-4.2.33.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="87ca80f28a3dabdf2b657db54f005aff"
+DOWNLOAD="http://ftp.indexdata.dk/pub/yaz/yaz-4.2.51.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="32d41b6f54a26134ffc812e262762683"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""