diff --git a/multimedia/vkeybd/vkeybd.SlackBuild b/multimedia/vkeybd/vkeybd.SlackBuild
index fe32c4c606..c22bd9a692 100644
--- a/multimedia/vkeybd/vkeybd.SlackBuild
+++ b/multimedia/vkeybd/vkeybd.SlackBuild
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 # of this script had no license. Modified version licensed under the
 # WTFPL. See http://www.wtfpl.net/txt/copying/ for details.
 
+# 20240808 bkw: update for v0.1.18e.
+
 # 20230103 bkw: BUILD=4, new-style icons, fix .desktop file.
 
 # 20180103 bkw:
@@ -25,8 +27,8 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=vkeybd
-VERSION=${VERSION:-0.1.18d}
-BUILD=${BUILD:-4}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-0.1.18e}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
 
@@ -60,9 +62,9 @@ set -e
 rm -rf $PKG
 mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
 cd $TMP
-rm -rf $PRGNAM
-tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.bz2
-cd $PRGNAM
+rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
+tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz
+cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 chown -R root:root .
 find -L .  -perm /111 -a \! -perm 755 -a -exec chmod 755 {} \+ -o \
         \! -perm /111 -a \! -perm 644 -a -exec chmod 644 {} \+
diff --git a/multimedia/vkeybd/vkeybd.info b/multimedia/vkeybd/vkeybd.info
index 73cc4460a8..b8607bf994 100644
--- a/multimedia/vkeybd/vkeybd.info
+++ b/multimedia/vkeybd/vkeybd.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="vkeybd"
-VERSION="0.1.18d"
+VERSION="0.1.18e"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/tiwai/vkeybd"
-DOWNLOAD="http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/gentoo/distfiles/e6/vkeybd-0.1.18d.tar.bz2"
-MD5SUM="5c7bd16e2903866f949879b885953a2b"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/tiwai/vkeybd/archive/v0.1.18e/vkeybd-0.1.18e.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="ccbd80667a03b8dcf9415545f022bcb8"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""