diff --git a/academic/scipy/scipy.SlackBuild b/academic/scipy/scipy.SlackBuild
index 4b05b0d219..d317dd0478 100644
--- a/academic/scipy/scipy.SlackBuild
+++ b/academic/scipy/scipy.SlackBuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Build script for the Python SciPy package
 
-# Copyright 2011-2016 Serban Udrea <s.udrea@gsi.de>
+# Copyright 2011-2018 Serban Udrea <s.udrea@gsi.de>
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification,
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@
 
 # Written by Eugene Suter <easuter@gmail.com>
 # Updated to 0.7.2 by João Felipe Santos <joao.eel@gmail.com>
-# Updated up to 0.18.0 by Serban Udrea <S.Udrea@gsi.de>
+# Updated up to 1.1.0 by Serban Udrea <S.Udrea@gsi.de>
 # Added support for building with debugging symbols (S. Udrea)
 
 PRGNAM=scipy
-VERSION=${VERSION:-0.18.0}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.1.0}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ rm -rf $PKG
 mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
 cd $TMP
 rm -rf "$PRGNAM-$VERSION"
-tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.xz
+tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz
 cd "$PRGNAM-$VERSION"
 chown -R root:root .
 
diff --git a/academic/scipy/scipy.info b/academic/scipy/scipy.info
index 13ed7406f6..57c9bd97b6 100644
--- a/academic/scipy/scipy.info
+++ b/academic/scipy/scipy.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="scipy"
-VERSION="0.18.0"
-HOMEPAGE="https://www.scipy.org/"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/scipy/scipy/releases/download/v0.18.0/scipy-0.18.0.tar.xz"
-MD5SUM="59bceff108f58b0e72dfac6fb719476e"
+VERSION="1.1.0"
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.scipy.org/"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/scipy/scipy/releases/download/v1.1.0/scipy-1.1.0.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="aa6bcc85276b6f25e17bcfc4dede8718"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="numpy lapack"