diff --git a/libraries/leptonica/leptonica.SlackBuild b/libraries/leptonica/leptonica.SlackBuild
index a254a11fbb..808d58b438 100644
--- a/libraries/leptonica/leptonica.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/leptonica/leptonica.SlackBuild
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=leptonica
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.75.3}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.76.0}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/libraries/leptonica/leptonica.info b/libraries/leptonica/leptonica.info
index 1a9041a379..766a7e1a4b 100644
--- a/libraries/leptonica/leptonica.info
+++ b/libraries/leptonica/leptonica.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="leptonica"
-VERSION="1.75.3"
+VERSION="1.76.0"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.leptonica.com/"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/DanBloomberg/leptonica/archive/1.75.3/leptonica-1.75.3.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="420984b0a45de16a9b219680c5cb285f"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/DanBloomberg/leptonica/archive/1.76.0/leptonica-1.76.0.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="acb724d63929021ef175ed502ee5b20d"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""