diff --git a/development/numpy/numpy.SlackBuild b/development/numpy/numpy.SlackBuild
index b6129ade36..592daadb80 100644
--- a/development/numpy/numpy.SlackBuild
+++ b/development/numpy/numpy.SlackBuild
@@ -5,16 +5,14 @@
 # Written by Aleksandar Samardzic <asamardzic@gmail.com>
 
 PRGNAM=numpy
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.4.1}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.6.1}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
-# Automatically determine the architecture we're building on:
 if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
   case "$( uname -m )" in
     i?86) ARCH=i486 ;;
     arm*) ARCH=arm ;;
-    # Unless $ARCH is already set, use uname -m for all other archs:
        *) ARCH=$( uname -m ) ;;
   esac
 fi
diff --git a/development/numpy/numpy.info b/development/numpy/numpy.info
index 998cb2b3c8..5fb0b64a4b 100644
--- a/development/numpy/numpy.info
+++ b/development/numpy/numpy.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="numpy"
-VERSION="1.4.1"
+VERSION="1.6.1"
 HOMEPAGE="http://numpy.scipy.org/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/numpy/numpy-1.4.1.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="5c7b5349dc3161763f7f366ceb96516b"
+DOWNLOAD="http://freefr.dl.sourceforge.net/project/numpy/NumPy/1.6.1/numpy-1.6.1.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="2bce18c08fc4fce461656f0f4dd9103e"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 MAINTAINER="Serban Udrea"
 EMAIL="S.Udrea@gsi.de"
-APPROVED="rworkman"
+APPROVED="rworkman,Niels Horn"
diff --git a/development/numpy/slack-desc b/development/numpy/slack-desc
index 4f210ab4b2..063701929d 100644
--- a/development/numpy/slack-desc
+++ b/development/numpy/slack-desc
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ numpy: NumPy is an extension to the Python programming language, adding
 numpy: support for large, multi-dimensional arrays and matrices along
 numpy: with a large library of high-level mathematical functions to
 numpy: operate on these arrays.
-numpy: 
+numpy:
 numpy: Homepage: http://numpy.scipy.org/
 numpy:
 numpy: