diff --git a/libraries/OpenAL/OpenAL.SlackBuild b/libraries/OpenAL/OpenAL.SlackBuild
index 72991e114b..0be64346a8 100644
--- a/libraries/OpenAL/OpenAL.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/OpenAL/OpenAL.SlackBuild
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 PRGNAM=OpenAL
 SRCNAM=openal-soft
-VERSION=1.16.0
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.17.1}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ 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 {} \;
+  -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
 cmake \
   -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
diff --git a/libraries/OpenAL/OpenAL.info b/libraries/OpenAL/OpenAL.info
index daf0268cf9..c5568b0a05 100644
--- a/libraries/OpenAL/OpenAL.info
+++ b/libraries/OpenAL/OpenAL.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="OpenAL"
-VERSION="1.16.0"
+VERSION="1.17.1"
 HOMEPAGE="http://kcat.strangesoft.net/openal.html"
-DOWNLOAD="http://kcat.strangesoft.net/openal-releases/openal-soft-1.16.0.tar.bz2"
-MD5SUM="14db4b0d12f07252070b4fe5eb5911f6"
+DOWNLOAD="http://kcat.strangesoft.net/openal-releases/openal-soft-1.17.1.tar.bz2"
+MD5SUM="4e1cff46cdb3ac147745dea33ad92687"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""