diff --git a/audio/eyeD3/eyeD3.SlackBuild b/audio/eyeD3/eyeD3.SlackBuild
index e52df9bdf0..b727e7843b 100644
--- a/audio/eyeD3/eyeD3.SlackBuild
+++ b/audio/eyeD3/eyeD3.SlackBuild
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=eyeD3
-VERSION=${VERSION:-0.8.10}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-0.9.6}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ find -L . \
  \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 640 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 \
   -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
-python2 setup.py install --root=$PKG
+python3 setup.py install --root=$PKG
 
 find $PKG -print0 | xargs -0 file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
   | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
diff --git a/audio/eyeD3/eyeD3.info b/audio/eyeD3/eyeD3.info
index 0171575064..4119d1f6b1 100644
--- a/audio/eyeD3/eyeD3.info
+++ b/audio/eyeD3/eyeD3.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="eyeD3"
-VERSION="0.8.10"
+VERSION="0.9.6"
 HOMEPAGE="http://eyed3.nicfit.net/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://eyed3.nicfit.net/releases/eyeD3-0.8.10.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="af7ff002e9da684e1fd753ed33b4e29e"
+DOWNLOAD="http://eyed3.nicfit.net/releases/eyeD3-0.9.6.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="4e5ee817d59ad94a39301ee981171990"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
-REQUIRES="pathlib python-magic pylast"
+REQUIRES="pathlib2 python-magic pylast"
 MAINTAINER="Larry Hajali"
 EMAIL="larryhaja[at]gmail[dot]com"