diff --git a/academic/ngspice/ngspice.SlackBuild b/academic/ngspice/ngspice.SlackBuild
index e8bc20f348..2bfb055f4c 100644
--- a/academic/ngspice/ngspice.SlackBuild
+++ b/academic/ngspice/ngspice.SlackBuild
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=ngspice
-VERSION=${VERSION:-36}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-37}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/examples
 
 cp -a \
   ANALYSES AUTHORS BUGS COPYING ChangeLog DEVICES FAQ \
-  INSTALL NEWS README* examples/ \
+  NEWS README* examples/ \
   $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/
 
 cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
@@ -125,11 +125,13 @@ cat $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-manual.pdf \
   > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-manual.pdf
 
 # The shared library enabled by "--with-ngshared"
-install -Dm755 ./release/src/.libs/libngspice.so.0.0.2 \
-  "$PKG/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/libngspice.so.0.0.2"
+install -Dm755 ./release/src/.libs/libngspice.so.0.0.4 \
+  "$PKG/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/libngspice.so.0.0.4"
 
-ln -s "libngspice.so.0.0.2" "$PKG/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/libngspice.so.0"
-ln -s "libngspice.so.0.0.2" "$PKG/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/libngspice.so"
+strip -s $PKG/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/libngspice.so.0.0.4
+
+ln -s "libngspice.so.0.0.4" "$PKG/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/libngspice.so.0"
+ln -s "libngspice.so.0.0.4" "$PKG/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/libngspice.so"
 
 # The include file needed to use the shared library enabled by "--with-ngshared"
 install -Dm644 ./src/include/ngspice/sharedspice.h  $PKG/usr/include/ngspice/sharedspice.h
diff --git a/academic/ngspice/ngspice.info b/academic/ngspice/ngspice.info
index 607252830b..6a7672e6ca 100644
--- a/academic/ngspice/ngspice.info
+++ b/academic/ngspice/ngspice.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="ngspice"
-VERSION="36"
+VERSION="37"
 HOMEPAGE="http://ngspice.sourceforge.net/"
-DOWNLOAD="https://sourceforge.net/projects/ngspice/files/ng-spice-rework/36/ngspice-36.tar.gz \
-          https://sourceforge.net/projects/ngspice/files/ng-spice-rework/36/ngspice-36-manual.pdf"
-MD5SUM="9c34c41bfeaf8b5c530357344b3777a7 \
-        0e30dbf0eeffc11de98c1a0a7722fc46"
+DOWNLOAD="https://sourceforge.net/projects/ngspice/files/ng-spice-rework/37/ngspice-37.tar.gz \
+          https://sourceforge.net/projects/ngspice/files/ng-spice-rework/37/ngspice-37-manual.pdf"
+MD5SUM="88af0394c4695d04e982792832eff520 \
+        06a6e963436425389320391015eb60e8"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="openmpi"