diff --git a/libraries/uriparser/slack-desc b/libraries/uriparser/slack-desc
index eb9277b85f..375ebcc724 100644
--- a/libraries/uriparser/slack-desc
+++ b/libraries/uriparser/slack-desc
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ uriparser: uriparser is a strictly RFC 3986 compliant URI parsing and handling
 uriparser: library written in C. uriparser is cross-platform, fast, supports
 uriparser: Unicode and is licensed under the New BSD license.
 uriparser:
-uriparser: homepage: http://uriparser.sourceforge.net
+uriparser: homepage: https://uriparser.github.io
 uriparser:
 uriparser:
 uriparser:
diff --git a/libraries/uriparser/uriparser.SlackBuild b/libraries/uriparser/uriparser.SlackBuild
index f6675cfdff..3bbe64ab10 100644
--- a/libraries/uriparser/uriparser.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/uriparser/uriparser.SlackBuild
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=uriparser
-VERSION=${VERSION:-0.8.4}
-BUILD=${BUILD:-2}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-0.8.5}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
 if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ find -L . \
  -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
 # fix docs installation errors - thanks fedora!
-sed -i -e 's,html/\*.map\ ,,g' doc/Makefile.in
-sed -i -e 's,-\$(INSTALL_DATA) \*.qch "$(DESTDIR)\$(docdir)/",,g' doc/Makefile.in
+sed -i -e 's,html/\*.map\ ,,g' doc/Makefile.in || exit 1
+sed -i -e 's,-\$(INSTALL_DATA) \*.qch "$(DESTDIR)\$(docdir)/",,g' doc/Makefile.in || exit 1
 
 CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
diff --git a/libraries/uriparser/uriparser.info b/libraries/uriparser/uriparser.info
index c014d2e943..4499490d60 100644
--- a/libraries/uriparser/uriparser.info
+++ b/libraries/uriparser/uriparser.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="uriparser"
-VERSION="0.8.4"
-HOMEPAGE="http://uriparser.sourceforge.net"
-DOWNLOAD="http://downloads.sf.net/uriparser/uriparser-0.8.4.tar.bz2"
-MD5SUM="9aabdc3611546f553f4af372167de6d6"
+VERSION="0.8.5"
+HOMEPAGE="https://uriparser.github.io"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/uriparser/uriparser/releases/download/uriparser-0.8.5/uriparser-0.8.5.tar.bz2"
+MD5SUM="80c110ec22b70570ec124563a7a63075"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
-REQUIRES="graphviz"
+REQUIRES=""
 MAINTAINER="Matteo Bernardini"
 EMAIL="ponce@slackbuilds.org"