diff --git a/development/universal-ctags/universal-ctags.SlackBuild b/development/universal-ctags/universal-ctags.SlackBuild
index b46e189d57..3112c4b5f8 100644
--- a/development/universal-ctags/universal-ctags.SlackBuild
+++ b/development/universal-ctags/universal-ctags.SlackBuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Slackware build script for universal-ctags
 
-# Copyright 2015-2017 Eugene Wissner Germany, Dachau
+# Copyright 2015-2017 Eugene Wissner, Germany, Dachau
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=universal-ctags
-VERSION=${VERSION:-923b4e4}
-GITVERSION=${GITVERSION:-923b4e46eb500a083f31e467352d7c153a8f0be3}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1bcb1fc}
+GITVERSION=${GITVERSION:-1bcb1fce7ce8e4a4fbbc775c3fb3b7f1c657cafd}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/development/universal-ctags/universal-ctags.info b/development/universal-ctags/universal-ctags.info
index ee4ee62e72..cb6dacb9df 100644
--- a/development/universal-ctags/universal-ctags.info
+++ b/development/universal-ctags/universal-ctags.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="universal-ctags"
-VERSION="923b4e4"
+VERSION="1bcb1fc"
 HOMEPAGE="https://ctags.io/"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/universal-ctags/ctags/archive/923b4e46eb500a083f31e467352d7c153a8f0be3/ctags-923b4e46eb500a083f31e467352d7c153a8f0be3.zip"
-MD5SUM="f465ce7691ccc50fbe09846787d8cbb6"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/universal-ctags/ctags/archive/1bcb1fce7ce8e4a4fbbc775c3fb3b7f1c657cafd/ctags-1bcb1fce7ce8e4a4fbbc775c3fb3b7f1c657cafd.zip"
+MD5SUM="b6b8ec43e6124e7974c1ae208d22d5a5"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="%README%"