diff --git a/academic/SeqMonk/SeqMonk.SlackBuild b/academic/SeqMonk/SeqMonk.SlackBuild
index 10fa8efaef..b60bcfaf2e 100644
--- a/academic/SeqMonk/SeqMonk.SlackBuild
+++ b/academic/SeqMonk/SeqMonk.SlackBuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Slackware build script for SeqMonk
 
-# Copyright 2020-2021 Petar Petrov slackalaxy@gmail.com
+# Copyright 2020-2022 Petar Petrov slackalaxy@gmail.com
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=SeqMonk
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.47.1}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.48.1}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
@@ -93,15 +93,19 @@ sed -i 's:java -version:$RealBin/jre/bin/java -version:' seqmonk
 # Change icon path and category in the desktop file
 sed -i "s:/usr/local/SeqMonk/uk/ac/bbsrc/babraham/SeqMonk/Resources/monk.svg:$EXENAM:" $EXENAM.desktop
 sed -i "s:Categories=Application:Categories=Education:" $EXENAM.desktop
+sed -i '/Encoding=UTF-8/d' $EXENAM.desktop
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/opt/$PRGNAM
 cp -a \
   com edu Help jre net Scripts Templates uk *.jar seqmonk seqmonk_import \
   $PKG/opt/$PRGNAM
 
+find $PKG -print0 | xargs -0 file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
+  | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
+
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cp -a \
-  INSTALL.txt LICENSE LICENSE.txt NOTICE_FOR_COMMONS_MATH_CODE.txt README.md README.txt RELEASE_NOTES.txt \
+  LICENSE LICENSE.txt NOTICE_FOR_COMMONS_MATH_CODE.txt README.md README.txt RELEASE_NOTES.txt \
   $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
 
diff --git a/academic/SeqMonk/SeqMonk.info b/academic/SeqMonk/SeqMonk.info
index af8b37178c..96c43dcda5 100644
--- a/academic/SeqMonk/SeqMonk.info
+++ b/academic/SeqMonk/SeqMonk.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="SeqMonk"
-VERSION="1.47.1"
+VERSION="1.48.1"
 HOMEPAGE="https://www.bioinformatics.babraham.ac.uk/projects/seqmonk/"
 DOWNLOAD="UNSUPPORTED"
 MD5SUM=""
-DOWNLOAD_x86_64="https://www.bioinformatics.babraham.ac.uk/projects/seqmonk/seqmonk_v1.47.1_linux64.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM_x86_64="e7c80b113e4c80d26e7eca468a636134"
+DOWNLOAD_x86_64="https://www.bioinformatics.babraham.ac.uk/projects/seqmonk/seqmonk_v1.48.1_linux64.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM_x86_64="6f2e51bf589682e35fedfcf0fdb2667b"
 REQUIRES="R"
 MAINTAINER="Petar Petrov"
 EMAIL="slackalaxy@gmail.com"