diff --git a/python/purl/purl.SlackBuild b/python/purl/purl.SlackBuild
index e3ebdf6e00..ac218bf2bc 100644
--- a/python/purl/purl.SlackBuild
+++ b/python/purl/purl.SlackBuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Slackware build script for purl
 
-# Copyright 2014-2017  Dimitris Zlatanidis  Orestiada, Greece
+# Copyright 2014-2019  Dimitris Zlatanidis  Orestiada, Greece
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=purl
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.3.1}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.5}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/python/purl/purl.info b/python/purl/purl.info
index c3f776fdc0..677c378227 100644
--- a/python/purl/purl.info
+++ b/python/purl/purl.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="purl"
-VERSION="1.3.1"
+VERSION="1.5"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/codeinthehole/purl"
-DOWNLOAD="https://pypi.python.org/packages/39/4a/e362aa72cf4f48ac6f806f53e768f4a30e4bdb028aebeae08e12d128730d/purl-1.3.1.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="26cba8f4791245f1d246b1bdea5dc101"
+DOWNLOAD="https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/b8/f7/eb108f39ffcbebd6a1cc1030b912640fc28edb0146e8658b6a1aa60f1060/purl-1.5.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="2a10782a6f0c771f3f3319956d41f7ff"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="six"