diff --git a/perl/perl-JSON-XS/README b/perl/perl-JSON-XS/README
index fd27ddb5ad..c6b0c00068 100644
--- a/perl/perl-JSON-XS/README
+++ b/perl/perl-JSON-XS/README
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-This module converts Perl data structures to JSON and vice versa.
-Its primary goal is to be correct and its secondary goal is to be
-fast. To reach the latter goal it was written in C.
\ No newline at end of file
+This module converts Perl data structures to JSON and vice versa. Its
+primary goal is to be correct and its secondary goal is to be fast. To
+reach the latter goal it was written in C.
diff --git a/perl/perl-JSON-XS/perl-JSON-XS.SlackBuild b/perl/perl-JSON-XS/perl-JSON-XS.SlackBuild
index 1222482b15..0c6730352e 100644
--- a/perl/perl-JSON-XS/perl-JSON-XS.SlackBuild
+++ b/perl/perl-JSON-XS/perl-JSON-XS.SlackBuild
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # Slackware build script for perl-JSON-XS
 
 # Copyright 2013 Donald Cooley La Porte, IN USA
+# Copyright 2017 Donald Cooley South Haven, IN USA
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=perl-JSON-XS
-VERSION=${VERSION:-2.34}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-3.03}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ SRCNAM="$(printf $PRGNAM | cut -d- -f2-)"
 
 if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
   case "$( uname -m )" in
-    i?86) ARCH=i486 ;;
+    i?86) ARCH=i586 ;;
     arm*) ARCH=arm ;;
        *) ARCH=$( uname -m ) ;;
   esac
@@ -42,8 +43,8 @@ TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
 PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
 OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
 
-if [ "$ARCH" = "i486" ]; then
-  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i486 -mtune=i686"
+if [ "$ARCH" = "i586" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i586 -mtune=i686"
   LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
 elif [ "$ARCH" = "i686" ]; then
   SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -mtune=i686"
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ else
   LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
 fi
 
-set -e 
+set -e
 
 rm -rf $PKG
 mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ cd $TMP
 rm -rf $SRCNAM-$VERSION
 tar xvf $CWD/$SRCNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz
 cd $SRCNAM-$VERSION
+
 chown -R root:root .
 find -L . \
  \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 750 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 \
@@ -71,6 +73,7 @@ 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 {} \;
 
+export PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT=1
 perl Makefile.PL \
   PREFIX=/usr \
   INSTALLDIRS=vendor \
@@ -92,7 +95,7 @@ find $PKG -depth -type d -empty -delete || true
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cp -a \
-  COPYING README \
+  COPYING README Changes \
   $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
 
diff --git a/perl/perl-JSON-XS/perl-JSON-XS.info b/perl/perl-JSON-XS/perl-JSON-XS.info
index 690b28b19b..b43ffbfdf2 100644
--- a/perl/perl-JSON-XS/perl-JSON-XS.info
+++ b/perl/perl-JSON-XS/perl-JSON-XS.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="perl-JSON-XS"
-VERSION="2.34"
+VERSION="3.03"
 HOMEPAGE="https://metacpan.org/release/JSON-XS"
-DOWNLOAD="http://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/M/ML/MLEHMANN/JSON-XS-2.34.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="dda3c03335665cdeff91c37a269b833b"
+DOWNLOAD="http://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/M/ML/MLEHMANN/JSON-XS-3.03.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="75c5afccb8d5d33be23ec353e3410aca"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
-REQUIRES="perl-common-sense perl-JSON"
+REQUIRES="perl-Canary-Stability perl-Types-Serialiser"
 MAINTAINER="Donald Cooley"
-EMAIL="dfc@warpmail.net"
+EMAIL="chytraeu@sdf.org"
diff --git a/perl/perl-JSON-XS/slack-desc b/perl/perl-JSON-XS/slack-desc
index 7c6a7636c2..676c690b37 100644
--- a/perl/perl-JSON-XS/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-JSON-XS/slack-desc
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ perl-JSON-XS:
 perl-JSON-XS:
 perl-JSON-XS:
 perl-JSON-XS:
-perl-JSON-XS:
+perl-JSON-XS: https://metacpan.org/release/JSON-XS