diff --git a/libraries/bwidget/bwidget.SlackBuild b/libraries/bwidget/bwidget.SlackBuild
index d9eccfdcc7..e0827b99b2 100644
--- a/libraries/bwidget/bwidget.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/bwidget/bwidget.SlackBuild
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=bwidget
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.9.7}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.9.8}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/libraries/bwidget/bwidget.info b/libraries/bwidget/bwidget.info
index 45d39827bb..5a17ddde93 100644
--- a/libraries/bwidget/bwidget.info
+++ b/libraries/bwidget/bwidget.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="bwidget"
-VERSION="1.9.7"
+VERSION="1.9.8"
 HOMEPAGE="http://core.tcl.tk/bwidget/home"
-DOWNLOAD="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/tcllib/BWidget/1.9.7/bwidget-1.9.7.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="7b4acf73f8f49964f8185e9e9dab4a55"
+DOWNLOAD="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/tcllib/BWidget/1.9.8/bwidget-1.9.8.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="4b393b9189e32d5871dae035962558a1"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""