diff --git a/audio/padthv1/padthv1.SlackBuild b/audio/padthv1/padthv1.SlackBuild
index 60e46075f9..5ff3bc97a0 100644
--- a/audio/padthv1/padthv1.SlackBuild
+++ b/audio/padthv1/padthv1.SlackBuild
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 # Licensed under the WTFPL. See http://www.wtfpl.net/txt/copying/ for details.
 
+# 20230629 bkw: update for 0.9.31
 # 20230109 bkw: update for 0.9.28
 # 20211205 bkw: update for 0.9.23
 # 20201106 bkw: update for 0.9.18
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=padthv1
-VERSION=${VERSION:-0.9.28}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-0.9.31}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
@@ -103,7 +104,11 @@ cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
 LIBLO=no
 LV2=no
 ldd $PKG/usr/bin/${PRGNAM}_jack | grep -q liblo && LIBLO=yes
-[ -e $PKG/usr/lib$LIBDIRSUFFIX/lv2/$PRGNAM.lv2 ] && LV2=yes
+if [ -e $PKG/usr/lib$LIBDIRSUFFIX/lv2/$PRGNAM.lv2 ]; then
+  LV2=yes
+  # 20230629 bkw: just a nitpick, but shared libs are supposed to be +x:
+  chmod +x $PKG/usr/lib$LIBDIRSUFFIX/lv2/$PRGNAM.lv2/*.so
+fi
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/install
 sed -e "s,@LIBLO@,$LIBLO," -e "s,@LV2@,$LV2," $CWD/slack-desc \
diff --git a/audio/padthv1/padthv1.info b/audio/padthv1/padthv1.info
index 812730ef69..f04b9d7440 100644
--- a/audio/padthv1/padthv1.info
+++ b/audio/padthv1/padthv1.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="padthv1"
-VERSION="0.9.28"
+VERSION="0.9.31"
 HOMEPAGE="https://padthv1.sourceforge.io/"
-DOWNLOAD="https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/padthv1/padthv1/0.9.28/padthv1-0.9.28.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="57995ac9eb5bf2c55742445b20347e59"
+DOWNLOAD="https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/padthv1/padthv1/0.9.31/padthv1-0.9.31.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="38dc2b2dd983775a5223cfed155ae743"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="jack"