diff --git a/system/monit/README b/system/monit/README
index d18d41dfc2..5d69ae6cb9 100644
--- a/system/monit/README
+++ b/system/monit/README
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 Monit is a utility for managing and monitoring processes, files, directories,
-and devices on a Unix system. Monit conducts automatic maintenance and repair 
+and devices on a Unix system. Monit conducts automatic maintenance and repair
 and can execute meaningful causal actions in error situations.
diff --git a/system/monit/monit.SlackBuild b/system/monit/monit.SlackBuild
index 235e182a88..046a21644c 100644
--- a/system/monit/monit.SlackBuild
+++ b/system/monit/monit.SlackBuild
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 # ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=monit
-VERSION=${VERSION:-5.22.0}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-5.23.0}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/system/monit/monit.info b/system/monit/monit.info
index 072a369ece..1bb4f2660a 100644
--- a/system/monit/monit.info
+++ b/system/monit/monit.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="monit"
-VERSION="5.22.0"
+VERSION="5.23.0"
 HOMEPAGE="https://mmonit.com/monit/"
-DOWNLOAD="https://mmonit.com/monit/dist/monit-5.22.0.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="768a637b8d23b6cbce271a8ff125c61f"
+DOWNLOAD="https://mmonit.com/monit/dist/monit-5.23.0.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="5fbaf7746a233f31ad0aed416ca1d0f9"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""