diff --git a/python/kaptan/kaptan.SlackBuild b/python/kaptan/kaptan.SlackBuild
index 9bcd133cb2..fd00747f06 100644
--- a/python/kaptan/kaptan.SlackBuild
+++ b/python/kaptan/kaptan.SlackBuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Slackware build script for kaptan
 
-# Copyright 2014-2019  Dimitris Zlatanidis  Orestiada, Greece
+# Copyright 2014-2024  Dimitris Zlatanidis  Orestiada, Greece
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=kaptan
-VERSION=${VERSION:-0.5.12}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-0.6.0}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ find -L . \
  \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 640 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 \
   -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
-python2 setup.py install --root=$PKG
 python3 setup.py install --root=$PKG
 
 find $PKG -print0 | xargs -0 file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
diff --git a/python/kaptan/kaptan.info b/python/kaptan/kaptan.info
index be309c1025..a7341c67ee 100644
--- a/python/kaptan/kaptan.info
+++ b/python/kaptan/kaptan.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="kaptan"
-VERSION="0.5.12"
+VERSION="0.6.0"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/emre/kaptan"
-DOWNLOAD="https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/94/64/f492edfcac55d4748014b5c9f9a90497325df7d97a678c5d56443f881b7a/kaptan-0.5.12.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="a58cba3a3f975d5765ce0befef7d8825"
+DOWNLOAD="https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/ca/c8/3569c90535df1b7c6079c75b7fd3f304d6ec8ee1626855d37ca137409ba2/kaptan-0.6.0.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="2d3b4256cface38bf9bd6c2d871da493"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
-REQUIRES="python2-PyYAML"
+REQUIRES=""
 MAINTAINER="Dimitris Zlatanidis"
-EMAIL="d.zlatanidis@gmail.com"
+EMAIL="dslackw@gmail.com"