diff --git a/academic/root/root.SlackBuild b/academic/root/root.SlackBuild
index bb507f0536..e0ec409dca 100644
--- a/academic/root/root.SlackBuild
+++ b/academic/root/root.SlackBuild
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 # Modified by the slackbuilds.org project
 
 PRGNAM=root
-VERSION=${VERSION:-5.34.36}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-6.10.02}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ fi
 rm -rf $PKG
 mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
 cd $TMP
-rm -rf $PRGNAM
+rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM\_v$VERSION.source.tar.gz
-cd $PRGNAM
+cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 chown -R root:root .
 find -L . \
  \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 750 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 \
@@ -134,9 +134,8 @@ mkdir -p $PKG$PYTHONDIR
 mv \
   $PKG$PREFIX/lib$LIBDIRSUFFIX/*.py \
   $PKG$PREFIX/lib$LIBDIRSUFFIX/*.pyc \
-  $PKG$PREFIX/lib$LIBDIRSUFFIX/python/genreflex \
+  $PKG$PREFIX/lib$LIBDIRSUFFIX/*.pyo \
   $PKG$PYTHONDIR
-rm -fr $PKG$PREFIX/lib$LIBDIRSUFFIX/python
 
 find $PKG | xargs file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
   | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneded 2> /dev/null || true
diff --git a/academic/root/root.info b/academic/root/root.info
index 450e1bde00..7df5c81738 100644
--- a/academic/root/root.info
+++ b/academic/root/root.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="root"
-VERSION="5.34.36"
+VERSION="6.10.02"
 HOMEPAGE="http://root.cern.ch/drupal/"
-DOWNLOAD="https://root.cern.ch/download/root_v5.34.36.source.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="6a1ad549b3b79b10bbb1f116b49067ee"
+DOWNLOAD="https://root.cern.ch/download/root_v6.10.02.source.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="19f2285c845a48355db779938fb4db99"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
-REQUIRES="ftgl"
+REQUIRES="ftgl unixODBC"
 MAINTAINER="Jože Zobec"
 EMAIL="jozze.zepl@gmail.com"