diff --git a/python/coverage/coverage.SlackBuild b/python/coverage/coverage.SlackBuild
index 3460f3b393..86b868d997 100644
--- a/python/coverage/coverage.SlackBuild
+++ b/python/coverage/coverage.SlackBuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Slackware build script for coverage
 
-# 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=coverage
-VERSION=${VERSION:-7.3.3}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-7.4.0}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
diff --git a/python/coverage/coverage.info b/python/coverage/coverage.info
index 8e9de36792..9a229bce9e 100644
--- a/python/coverage/coverage.info
+++ b/python/coverage/coverage.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="coverage"
-VERSION="7.3.3"
+VERSION="7.4.0"
 HOMEPAGE="http://nedbatchelder.com/code/coverage/"
-DOWNLOAD="https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/cf/79/b8ed9dbd011d2c9c7e0273f59daae4645469ab4ab09a23e1033e352978a6/coverage-7.3.3.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="3115fe2fa3497028f17ffffb066dce45"
+DOWNLOAD="https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/67/8a/a8aebe8c70fadb1ad8bdadfc8fb97ce9a518ca406cb6eece0ed17122bfa4/coverage-7.4.0.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="66986edcc55cd11c3ba0fe565adfcaab"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""