diff --git a/libraries/obnc-libstd/README b/libraries/obnc-libstd/README
index 8916193eaa..6268e0127b 100644
--- a/libraries/obnc-libstd/README
+++ b/libraries/obnc-libstd/README
@@ -4,3 +4,7 @@ This package complements the basic libraries bundled with OBNC (the Oberon
 compiler obnc) with modules for accessing command line arguments and
 evironment variables, printing to the standard error stream and converting
 numbers to strings and viceversa.
+
+Be sure to update the compiler package (obnc) before updating this library
+package, as it usually needs the latest compiler features in order to
+compile.
diff --git a/libraries/obnc-libstd/obnc-libstd.SlackBuild b/libraries/obnc-libstd/obnc-libstd.SlackBuild
index 25bd6860e0..5f6bf1e169 100644
--- a/libraries/obnc-libstd/obnc-libstd.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/obnc-libstd/obnc-libstd.SlackBuild
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=obnc-libstd
-VERSION=${VERSION:-0.3.1}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-0.4.0}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/libraries/obnc-libstd/obnc-libstd.info b/libraries/obnc-libstd/obnc-libstd.info
index 17c8abc03c..cac8d1e609 100644
--- a/libraries/obnc-libstd/obnc-libstd.info
+++ b/libraries/obnc-libstd/obnc-libstd.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="obnc-libstd"
-VERSION="0.3.1"
+VERSION="0.4.0"
 HOMEPAGE="http://miasap.se/obnc"
-DOWNLOAD="http://miasap.se/obnc/downloads/obnc-libstd_0.3.1.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="cc7e7fdea30877b9a8574e05727ca3bb"
+DOWNLOAD="http://miasap.se/obnc/downloads/obnc-libstd_0.4.0.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="223dacbc5249b336b976bba972b09970"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="obnc"