diff --git a/desktop/xmobar/xmobar.SlackBuild b/desktop/xmobar/xmobar.SlackBuild
index 9f11a27849..7da1797f84 100644
--- a/desktop/xmobar/xmobar.SlackBuild
+++ b/desktop/xmobar/xmobar.SlackBuild
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=xmobar
-VERSION=${VERSION:-0.22.1}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-0.23.1}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -68,10 +68,10 @@ tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz
 cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 chown -R root:root .
 find -L . \
- \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 750 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 -o -perm 511 \) \
- -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \
- \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) \
- -exec chmod 644 {} \;
+ \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 750 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 \
+  -o -perm 511 \) -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \
+ \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 640 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 \
+  -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
 CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
@@ -92,8 +92,9 @@ find $PKG -print0 | xargs -0 file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | gr
   | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
-cp -a license readme.md news.md samples \
-    $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+cp -a \
+  license readme.md news.md samples \
+  $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/install
diff --git a/desktop/xmobar/xmobar.info b/desktop/xmobar/xmobar.info
index 120d4f146f..e6f1dfdc72 100644
--- a/desktop/xmobar/xmobar.info
+++ b/desktop/xmobar/xmobar.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="xmobar"
-VERSION="0.22.1"
+VERSION="0.23.1"
 HOMEPAGE="http://hackage.haskell.org/package/xmobar/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/xmobar/0.22.1/xmobar-0.22.1.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="b63a1d5ad739e0f2b70ba0366a9854b7"
+DOWNLOAD="http://hackage.haskell.org/package/xmobar-0.23.1/xmobar-0.23.1.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="f97a10f049796f55cc3d13ee68d07eac"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="haskell-hinotify haskell-stm haskell-regex-compat haskell-X11-xft haskell-parsec haskell-HTTP xmonad-contrib"