diff --git a/development/dpkg/dpkg.SlackBuild b/development/dpkg/dpkg.SlackBuild
index 29b2c6f761..b096df8534 100644
--- a/development/dpkg/dpkg.SlackBuild
+++ b/development/dpkg/dpkg.SlackBuild
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=dpkg
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.19.7}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.21.1}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ find $PKG | xargs file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
 find $PKG/usr/man -type f -exec gzip -9 {} \;
 for i in $( find $PKG/usr/man -type l ) ; do ln -s $( readlink $i ).gz $i.gz ; rm $i ; done
 
-DOCS="debian/changelog debian/usertags doc/README* ABOUT-NLS \
+DOCS="debian/changelog doc/README* ABOUT-NLS \
 AUTHORS COPYING NEWS README* THANKS TODO"
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
diff --git a/development/dpkg/dpkg.info b/development/dpkg/dpkg.info
index 0a43d65a8b..ea29cac57e 100644
--- a/development/dpkg/dpkg.info
+++ b/development/dpkg/dpkg.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="dpkg"
-VERSION="1.19.7"
+VERSION="1.21.1"
 HOMEPAGE="https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Dpkg"
-DOWNLOAD="http://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/d/dpkg/dpkg_1.19.7.tar.xz"
-MD5SUM="60f57c5494e6dfa177504d47bfa0e383"
+DOWNLOAD="http://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/d/dpkg/dpkg_1.21.1.tar.xz"
+MD5SUM="cbe2c7e27d5bdfe976217e976c53e8c8"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""