diff --git a/libraries/jsoncpp/jsoncpp.SlackBuild b/libraries/jsoncpp/jsoncpp.SlackBuild
index 11fe74a521..cc34a961f6 100644
--- a/libraries/jsoncpp/jsoncpp.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/jsoncpp/jsoncpp.SlackBuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Slackware build script for jsoncpp
 
-# Copyright 2014-2015 Larry Hajali <larryhaja[at]gmail[dot]com>
+# Copyright 2014-2016 Larry Hajali <larryhaja[at]gmail[dot]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=jsoncpp
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.6.5}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.7.3}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ rm -rf $PKG
 mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
 cd $TMP
 rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
-tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz 2>/dev/null || tar xvf $CWD/$VERSION.tar.gz
+tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz
 cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 chown -R root:root .
 find -L . \
diff --git a/libraries/jsoncpp/jsoncpp.info b/libraries/jsoncpp/jsoncpp.info
index 85be13d115..3784abd7fb 100644
--- a/libraries/jsoncpp/jsoncpp.info
+++ b/libraries/jsoncpp/jsoncpp.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="jsoncpp"
-VERSION="1.6.5"
+VERSION="1.7.3"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/open-source-parsers/jsoncpp"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/open-source-parsers/jsoncpp/archive/1.6.5.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="2bb16bb8d2b867acbdd71d1855062a89"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/open-source-parsers/jsoncpp/archive/1.7.3/jsoncpp-1.7.3.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="aff6bfb5b81d9a28785429faa45839c5"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""