diff --git a/games/stella/stella.SlackBuild b/games/stella/stella.SlackBuild
index e668d8a86d..8c5bbdf6c4 100644
--- a/games/stella/stella.SlackBuild
+++ b/games/stella/stella.SlackBuild
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 
 # Now maintained by B. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com>
 
+# 20180206 bkw: update for 5.1
 # 20170821 bkw: update for 5.0.2
-
 # 20170723 bkw: update for 5.0.1
 
 # 20170620 bkw:
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@
 # - invert changelog so oldest entries are at bottom.
 
 # 20170122 bkw: update for 4.7.3
-
 # 20160804 bkw: update for 4.7.2
-
 # 20150509 bkw: update for 4.6.1
 
 # 20150322 bkw:
@@ -38,7 +36,7 @@
 # - StartupNotify=false in .desktop
 
 PRGNAM=stella
-VERSION=${VERSION:-5.0.2}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-5.1}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/games/stella/stella.info b/games/stella/stella.info
index 707385d596..f4aa578d67 100644
--- a/games/stella/stella.info
+++ b/games/stella/stella.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="stella"
-VERSION="5.0.2"
+VERSION="5.1"
 HOMEPAGE="https://stella-emu.github.io/"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/stella-emu/stella/releases/download/5.0.2/stella-5.0.2-src.tar.xz"
-MD5SUM="1d5b7f6f0e12d9d32084a32348354732"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/stella-emu/stella/releases/download/5.1/stella-5.1-src.tar.xz"
+MD5SUM="c7ddc5c02902aef6437b93422cc1af05"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="SDL2"