diff --git a/games/freeciv/freeciv.SlackBuild b/games/freeciv/freeciv.SlackBuild
index 62957280bb..bd87b6b18d 100644
--- a/games/freeciv/freeciv.SlackBuild
+++ b/games/freeciv/freeciv.SlackBuild
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 # ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=freeciv
-VERSION=${VERSION:-2.5.0}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2.5.1}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/games/freeciv/freeciv.info b/games/freeciv/freeciv.info
index c2054b3c2b..73e7a7fb23 100644
--- a/games/freeciv/freeciv.info
+++ b/games/freeciv/freeciv.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="freeciv"
-VERSION="2.5.0"
+VERSION="2.5.1"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.freeciv.org"
-DOWNLOAD="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/freeciv/freeciv-2.5.0.tar.bz2"
-MD5SUM="8a61ecd986853200326711446c573f1b"
+DOWNLOAD="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/freeciv/freeciv-2.5.1.tar.bz2"
+MD5SUM="b94bf68ce5f3611c71fac9753598b046"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""