diff --git a/academic/nco/nco.SlackBuild b/academic/nco/nco.SlackBuild
index 1314af6265..74bd346139 100644
--- a/academic/nco/nco.SlackBuild
+++ b/academic/nco/nco.SlackBuild
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 
 PRGNAM=nco
-VERSION=${VERSION:-4.9.6}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-4.9.7}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/academic/nco/nco.info b/academic/nco/nco.info
index 41f8f98e60..89cf7d6c3e 100644
--- a/academic/nco/nco.info
+++ b/academic/nco/nco.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="nco"
-VERSION="4.9.6"
+VERSION="4.9.7"
 HOMEPAGE="http://nco.sf.net"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/nco/nco/archive/4.9.6/nco-4.9.6.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="4c5a425dc31d05fe4d7e7b65ebfabee1"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/nco/nco/archive/4.9.7/nco-4.9.7.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="1ce73d3a65bcc7c9388665e57b05188f"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="netcdf udunits antlr2"