diff --git a/libraries/libsodium/libsodium.SlackBuild b/libraries/libsodium/libsodium.SlackBuild
index a97f61b08b..96c9924aae 100644
--- a/libraries/libsodium/libsodium.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/libsodium/libsodium.SlackBuild
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=libsodium
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.0.3}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.0.5}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/libraries/libsodium/libsodium.info b/libraries/libsodium/libsodium.info
index a515f4c614..f8e06ccdb4 100644
--- a/libraries/libsodium/libsodium.info
+++ b/libraries/libsodium/libsodium.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="libsodium"
-VERSION="1.0.3"
+VERSION="1.0.5"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium"
-DOWNLOAD="https://download.libsodium.org/libsodium/releases/libsodium-1.0.3.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="b3bcc98e34d3250f55ae196822307fab"
+DOWNLOAD="https://download.libsodium.org/libsodium/releases/libsodium-1.0.5.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="69f0c5975d9f4b8e136616df34a43ff5"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""