diff --git a/system/openmpi/openmpi.SlackBuild b/system/openmpi/openmpi.SlackBuild
index fd1c8ed7fc..87fd64b090 100644
--- a/system/openmpi/openmpi.SlackBuild
+++ b/system/openmpi/openmpi.SlackBuild
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 # ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=openmpi
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.10.4}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2.1.1}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/system/openmpi/openmpi.info b/system/openmpi/openmpi.info
index 324f18c6de..a6c969dfbc 100644
--- a/system/openmpi/openmpi.info
+++ b/system/openmpi/openmpi.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="openmpi"
-VERSION="1.10.4"
+VERSION="2.1.1"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.open-mpi.org/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://www.open-mpi.org/software/ompi/v1.10/downloads/openmpi-1.10.4.tar.bz2"
-MD5SUM="9d2375835c5bc5c184ecdeb76c7c78ac"
+DOWNLOAD="https://www.open-mpi.org/software/ompi/v2.1/downloads/openmpi-2.1.1.tar.bz2"
+MD5SUM="ae542f5cf013943ffbbeb93df883731b"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""