diff --git a/academic/veusz/README b/academic/veusz/README
index 0128e32f90..4bfbea614f 100644
--- a/academic/veusz/README
+++ b/academic/veusz/README
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 Veusz - A Scientific Plotting Package
 
-Veusz is a scientific plotting package.  It is designed to produce
-publication-ready PDF or SVG output. Graphs are built-up by combining
-plotting widgets. The user interface aims to be simple, consistent and
-powerful.
+Veusz is a 2D and 3D scientific plotting package.  It is designed to
+produce publication-ready PDF or SVG output. Graphs are built-up by
+combining plotting widgets. The user interface aims to be simple,
+consistent and powerful.
 
 Veusz provides GUI, Python module, command line, scripting, DBUS and
 SAMP interfaces to its plotting facilities. It also allows for
 manipulation and editing of datasets. Data can be captured from
 external sources such as Internet sockets or other programs.
 
-See the complete release notes for Veusz 2.2.2 at
-https://veusz.github.io/releasenotes/2.2.2.txt
+See the complete release notes for Veusz 3.0 at
+https://veusz.github.io/releasenotes/3.0.txt
 
 Sphinx is an optional dependency (used to rebuild the manual).
diff --git a/academic/veusz/veusz.SlackBuild b/academic/veusz/veusz.SlackBuild
index 4c1a424a50..7bc8090fd6 100644
--- a/academic/veusz/veusz.SlackBuild
+++ b/academic/veusz/veusz.SlackBuild
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=veusz
-VERSION=${VERSION:-2.2.2}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-3.0}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/academic/veusz/veusz.info b/academic/veusz/veusz.info
index 1324755132..325cff2f06 100644
--- a/academic/veusz/veusz.info
+++ b/academic/veusz/veusz.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="veusz"
-VERSION="2.2.2"
+VERSION="3.0"
 HOMEPAGE="https://veusz.github.io/"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/veusz/veusz/releases/download/veusz-2.2.2/veusz-2.2.2.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="67186ef4938e73fc8c3f080490fca9e3"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/veusz/veusz/releases/download/veusz-3.0/veusz-3.0.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="68f707e4b3e173d0601e46a1ccd7fc3d"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="numpy PyQt5"