diff --git a/games/doomretro/doomretro.SlackBuild b/games/doomretro/doomretro.SlackBuild
index 46311d8b64..a2c86648f7 100644
--- a/games/doomretro/doomretro.SlackBuild
+++ b/games/doomretro/doomretro.SlackBuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Slackware build script for doomretro
 
 # Copyright 2017 Dugan Chen Canada
-# Copyright 2020-2023 B. Watson
+# Copyright 2020-2024 B. Watson
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=doomretro
-VERSION=${VERSION:-4.9.2}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-5.5.1}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
@@ -69,16 +69,12 @@ OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
 
 if [ "$ARCH" = "i586" ]; then
   SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i586 -mtune=i686"
-  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
 elif [ "$ARCH" = "i686" ]; then
   SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -mtune=i686"
-  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
 elif [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
   SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC"
-  LIBDIRSUFFIX="64"
 else
   SLKCFLAGS="-O2"
-  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
 fi
 
 set -e
@@ -171,7 +167,7 @@ ln -s ../icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/$PRGNAM.png $PKG/usr/share/pixmaps
 # link it to the binary.
 PKGDOC=$PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 mkdir -p $PKGDOC
-cp -a CODEOWNERS LICENSE *.md $PKGDOC
+cp -a CODEOWNERS *.md $PKGDOC
 cp -a $TOPDIR/$LIBNAM-$LIBVER/COPYING.txt $PKGDOC/COPYING-SDL2_mixer.txt
 cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKGDOC/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
 
diff --git a/games/doomretro/doomretro.info b/games/doomretro/doomretro.info
index bb63fc2cbf..92f56122b8 100644
--- a/games/doomretro/doomretro.info
+++ b/games/doomretro/doomretro.info
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 PRGNAM="doomretro"
-VERSION="4.9.2"
+VERSION="5.5.1"
 HOMEPAGE="https://www.doomretro.com"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/bradharding/doomretro/archive/v4.9.2/doomretro-4.9.2.tar.gz \
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/bradharding/doomretro/archive/v5.5.1/doomretro-5.5.1.tar.gz \
           https://slackware.uk/slackware/slackware64-15.0/source/l/SDL2_mixer/SDL2_mixer-2.0.4.tar.lz"
-MD5SUM="cada4c8f2b6a5b7904c67fd26c14a3e1 \
+MD5SUM="1c000b9b5c738234513a27da41cac4c6 \
         7ff96cc9ed7855d2a92a92f3c23856ef"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
diff --git a/games/doomretro/slack-desc b/games/doomretro/slack-desc
index 1dc5debffe..377de290b6 100644
--- a/games/doomretro/slack-desc
+++ b/games/doomretro/slack-desc
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
 
          |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
-doomretro: doomretro (The classic, refined DOOM source port.)
+doomretro: doomretro (Doom source port)
 doomretro:
 doomretro: DOOM Retro is the classic, refined DOOM source port. It represents
 doomretro: what DOOM should be today, in all its dark, gritty, unapologetically