diff --git a/academic/units/units.SlackBuild b/academic/units/units.SlackBuild
index c331294e94..e9586ecb36 100644
--- a/academic/units/units.SlackBuild
+++ b/academic/units/units.SlackBuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 # Slackware build script for gnu units
 
-# Copyright (c) 2010-2023 Gregory J. L. Tourte <artourter@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (c) 2010-2024 Gregory J. L. Tourte <artourter@gmail.com>
 # Previously maintained by Yalla-One <yallaone@gmail.com>
 # All rights reserved.
 #
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=units
-VERSION=${VERSION:-2.22}
-BUILD=${BUILD:-2}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2.23}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
 
@@ -76,11 +76,8 @@ tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$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 \
- \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 640 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 \
-  -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
-
+  -perm /111 -a \! -perm 755 -a -exec chmod 755 {} + -o \
+  \! -perm /111 -a \! -perm 644 -a -exec chmod 644 {} +
 
 PYTHON=/usr/bin/python3 \
 CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
diff --git a/academic/units/units.info b/academic/units/units.info
index ca3b0c5f5b..cab93752fb 100644
--- a/academic/units/units.info
+++ b/academic/units/units.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="units"
-VERSION="2.22"
+VERSION="2.23"
 HOMEPAGE="https://www.gnu.org/software/units/"
-DOWNLOAD="https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/units/units-2.22.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="abd49af0a325567ecfecf24bffacb770"
+DOWNLOAD="https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/units/units-2.23.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="2cb4f754dcde5b2409e656f5d8d4a474"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="Unidecode"