diff --git a/system/parallel/parallel.SlackBuild b/system/parallel/parallel.SlackBuild
index 700f701908..5badb5039b 100644
--- a/system/parallel/parallel.SlackBuild
+++ b/system/parallel/parallel.SlackBuild
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 # OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=parallel
-VERSION=${VERSION:-20151122}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-20151222}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/system/parallel/parallel.info b/system/parallel/parallel.info
index 9a15b3a31a..004f2a3500 100644
--- a/system/parallel/parallel.info
+++ b/system/parallel/parallel.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="parallel"
-VERSION="20151122"
+VERSION="20151222"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.gnu.org/software/parallel/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/parallel/parallel-20151122.tar.bz2"
-MD5SUM="2a6dc245533b87aa7ddb852c65387f1d"
+DOWNLOAD="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/parallel/parallel-20151222.tar.bz2"
+MD5SUM="95e4abccb2ccbea543b9eb2c28afe74a"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""