diff --git a/games/minetest/minetest.SlackBuild b/games/minetest/minetest.SlackBuild
index 82f1ac8d73..cbccd8ebd2 100644
--- a/games/minetest/minetest.SlackBuild
+++ b/games/minetest/minetest.SlackBuild
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=minetest
-VERSION=${VERSION:-5.7.0}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-5.8.0}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
diff --git a/games/minetest/minetest.info b/games/minetest/minetest.info
index 69f37eb253..2278eebd83 100644
--- a/games/minetest/minetest.info
+++ b/games/minetest/minetest.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="minetest"
-VERSION="5.7.0"
+VERSION="5.8.0"
 HOMEPAGE="http://minetest.net/"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/minetest/minetest/archive/5.7.0/minetest-5.7.0.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="b38df955dda7998dec9fdbc9a29177b1"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/minetest/minetest/archive/5.8.0/minetest-5.8.0.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="5b244229a9847385e7dc66610ff73f0f"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
-REQUIRES="irrlichtmt luajit jsoncpp"
+REQUIRES="irrlichtmt"
 MAINTAINER="Dimitris Zlatanidis"
-EMAIL="d.zlatanidis@gmail.com"
+EMAIL="dslackw@gmail.com"