diff --git a/libraries/libuv/libuv.SlackBuild b/libraries/libuv/libuv.SlackBuild
index 78d294a0f2..aca93a6901 100644
--- a/libraries/libuv/libuv.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/libuv/libuv.SlackBuild
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=libuv
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.8.0}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.9.0}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/libraries/libuv/libuv.info b/libraries/libuv/libuv.info
index 06f8c25153..77f87c1615 100644
--- a/libraries/libuv/libuv.info
+++ b/libraries/libuv/libuv.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="libuv"
-VERSION="1.8.0"
+VERSION="1.9.0"
 HOMEPAGE="http://libuv.org/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://dist.libuv.org/dist/v1.8.0/libuv-v1.8.0.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="f4229c4360625e973ae933cb92e1faf7"
+DOWNLOAD="http://dist.libuv.org/dist/v1.9.0/libuv-v1.9.0.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="200d7e496ef1db01442c0382225b11fe"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""