diff --git a/academic/spqr/spqr.SlackBuild b/academic/spqr/spqr.SlackBuild
index 4fb6a77e9b..c6df59ff65 100644
--- a/academic/spqr/spqr.SlackBuild
+++ b/academic/spqr/spqr.SlackBuild
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ PRGNAM=spqr
 SRCNAM=SuiteSparse
 SUBDIR=SPQR
 VERSION=${VERSION:-2.0.8}
-SRCVER=${SRCVER:-4.5.5}
-BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
+SRCVER=${SRCVER:-5.1.0}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-2}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
 if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
diff --git a/academic/spqr/spqr.info b/academic/spqr/spqr.info
index 424db31cd7..10494e3113 100644
--- a/academic/spqr/spqr.info
+++ b/academic/spqr/spqr.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="spqr"
 VERSION="2.0.8"
 HOMEPAGE="http://faculty.cse.tamu.edu/davis/suitesparse.html"
-DOWNLOAD="http://faculty.cse.tamu.edu/davis/SuiteSparse/SuiteSparse-4.5.5.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="0a5b38af0016f009409a9606d2f1b555"
+DOWNLOAD="http://faculty.cse.tamu.edu/davis/SuiteSparse/SuiteSparse-5.1.0.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="9c34d7c07ad5ce1624b8187faa132046"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="blas lapack suitesparseconfig cholmod tbb"