diff --git a/games/minetest_game/minetest_game.SlackBuild b/games/minetest_game/minetest_game.SlackBuild
index 4bdb5378e7..2510bb3225 100644
--- a/games/minetest_game/minetest_game.SlackBuild
+++ b/games/minetest_game/minetest_game.SlackBuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Slackware build script for minetest_game
 
-# Copyright 2014-2023  Dimitris Zlatanidis  Orestiada, Greece
+# Copyright 2014-2024  Dimitris Zlatanidis  Orestiada, Greece
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=minetest_game
-VERSION=${VERSION:-5.7.0}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-5.8.0}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
diff --git a/games/minetest_game/minetest_game.info b/games/minetest_game/minetest_game.info
index f08a6df554..79c5a209db 100644
--- a/games/minetest_game/minetest_game.info
+++ b/games/minetest_game/minetest_game.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="minetest_game"
-VERSION="5.7.0"
+VERSION="5.8.0"
 HOMEPAGE="http://minetest.net/"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/minetest/minetest_game/archive/5.7.0/minetest_game-5.7.0.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="befe9d24d0e7a8371c02a63d780b5fa1"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/minetest/minetest_game/archive/5.8.0/minetest_game-5.8.0.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="77ac73cb5f63200f9db0ae3ab9bbab85"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="minetest"
 MAINTAINER="Dimitris Zlatanidis"
-EMAIL="d.zlatanidis@gmail.com"
+EMAIL="dslackw@gmail.com"