diff --git a/academic/bpp-seq/bpp-seq.SlackBuild b/academic/bpp-seq/bpp-seq.SlackBuild
index ba9c5407ed..576899940e 100644
--- a/academic/bpp-seq/bpp-seq.SlackBuild
+++ b/academic/bpp-seq/bpp-seq.SlackBuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Slackware build script for bpp-seq
 
-# Copyright 2017 Petar Petrov slackalaxy@gmail.com
+# Copyright 2017-2018 Petar Petrov slackalaxy@gmail.com
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=bpp-seq
-VERSION=${VERSION:-2.3.1}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2.4.0}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/academic/bpp-seq/bpp-seq.info b/academic/bpp-seq/bpp-seq.info
index f2484e121e..a459fa489a 100644
--- a/academic/bpp-seq/bpp-seq.info
+++ b/academic/bpp-seq/bpp-seq.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="bpp-seq"
-VERSION="2.3.1"
-HOMEPAGE="http://biopp.univ-montp2.fr/"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/BioPP/bpp-seq/archive/v2.3.1/bpp-seq-2.3.1.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="008339b1bd511c3ccd98f39a783da6e7"
+VERSION="2.4.0"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/BioPP/bpp-seq/"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/BioPP/bpp-seq/archive/v2.4.0/bpp-seq-2.4.0.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="8a3291a3e8e9349406382c820fe22c0b"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="bpp-core"