diff --git a/system/openscap/openscap.SlackBuild b/system/openscap/openscap.SlackBuild
index a0f7b917b2..dc6dcaec92 100644
--- a/system/openscap/openscap.SlackBuild
+++ b/system/openscap/openscap.SlackBuild
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 # ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=openscap
-VERSION=${VERSION:-20120925_4f110c6}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.2.9}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -60,14 +60,14 @@ rm -rf $PKG
 mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
 cd $TMP
 rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
-tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.?z*
+tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz || tar xvf $CWD/$VERSION.tar.gz
 cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 chown -R root:root .
 find -L . \
- \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 750 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 -o -perm 511 \) \
- -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \
- \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) \
- -exec chmod 644 {} \;
+ \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 750 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 \
+  -o -perm 511 \) -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \
+ \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 640 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 \
+  -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
 ./autogen.sh
 
@@ -92,9 +92,7 @@ find $PKG/usr/man -type f -exec gzip -9 {} \;
 for i in $( find $PKG/usr/man -type l ) ; do ln -s $( readlink $i ).gz $i.gz ; rm $i ; done
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
-cp -a \
-  AUTHORS COPYING NEWS README \
-  $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+cp -a AUTHORS COPYING NEWS README* $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/install
diff --git a/system/openscap/openscap.info b/system/openscap/openscap.info
index 0967f8c242..f66051491b 100644
--- a/system/openscap/openscap.info
+++ b/system/openscap/openscap.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="openscap"
-VERSION="20120925_4f110c6"
+VERSION="1.2.9"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.open-scap.org/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://ponce.cc/slackware/sources/repo/openscap-20120925_4f110c6.tar.xz"
-MD5SUM="9c60401425fa63c0555a688122f83ee7"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/OpenSCAP/openscap/archive/1.2.9.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="ba1274f75f82c8e8918aa2f2e2bf103b"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""