diff --git a/network/zeek/README b/network/zeek/README
index da3cea66cd..02323c5758 100644
--- a/network/zeek/README
+++ b/network/zeek/README
@@ -2,7 +2,3 @@ Zeek (Bro) is an open source intrusion detection system (IDS).
 It is different from traditional IDS tools in that it is
 focused on network analysis. In other words, it is used
 to monitor traffic traversing a network to identify anomalies.
-
-This is the last version of zeek supported by GCC v5.5.0
-
-Zeek v3.1.0 and newer requires GCC v7 for C++17 support.
diff --git a/network/zeek/zeek.SlackBuild b/network/zeek/zeek.SlackBuild
index 27d89b5828..74ef79c56b 100644
--- a/network/zeek/zeek.SlackBuild
+++ b/network/zeek/zeek.SlackBuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Slackware build script for Zeek
 
-# Copyright 2018-2021 Michael Edie Orlando, FL USA
+# Copyright 2018-2022 Michael Edie, Tampa, FL USA
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=zeek
-VERSION=${VERSION:-4.2.0}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-4.2.2}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
@@ -110,4 +110,3 @@ cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
 
 cd $PKG
 /sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.$PKGTYPE
-
diff --git a/network/zeek/zeek.info b/network/zeek/zeek.info
index 7329f18cdb..7ba3e20913 100644
--- a/network/zeek/zeek.info
+++ b/network/zeek/zeek.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="zeek"
-VERSION="4.2.0"
+VERSION="4.2.2"
 HOMEPAGE="https://www.zeek.org"
-DOWNLOAD="https://download.zeek.org/zeek-4.2.0.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="25759ef77af0af95acc967fd3631387b"
+DOWNLOAD="https://download.zeek.org/zeek-4.2.2.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="6f1e56386127e6057c4615f06a181b3b"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""