diff --git a/python/snowballstemmer/snowballstemmer.SlackBuild b/python/snowballstemmer/snowballstemmer.SlackBuild
index 00f83e6019..805761b599 100644
--- a/python/snowballstemmer/snowballstemmer.SlackBuild
+++ b/python/snowballstemmer/snowballstemmer.SlackBuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Slackware build script for snowballstemmer
 
-# Copyright 2017,2018 Nikos Giotis <nikos.giotis@gmail.com>, Athens, GR
+# Copyright 2017-2023, Nikos Giotis, Athens, GR
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=snowballstemmer
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.2.1}
-BUILD=${BUILD:-2}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2.2.0}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
 
@@ -79,16 +79,15 @@ 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 {} \;
 
+# Build
 python setup.py install --root=$PKG
-if $(python3 -c 'import sys' 2>/dev/null); then
-    python3 setup.py install --root=$PKG
-fi
+python3 setup.py install --root=$PKG
 
 find $PKG -print0 | xargs -0 file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
   | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
-cp -a LICENSE.rst README.rst $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+cp -a COPYING README.rst $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/install
diff --git a/python/snowballstemmer/snowballstemmer.info b/python/snowballstemmer/snowballstemmer.info
index 67153b2ce2..e1f02fa2bf 100644
--- a/python/snowballstemmer/snowballstemmer.info
+++ b/python/snowballstemmer/snowballstemmer.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="snowballstemmer"
-VERSION="1.2.1"
-HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/shibukawa/snowball_py"
-DOWNLOAD="https://pypi.python.org/packages/20/6b/d2a7cb176d4d664d94a6debf52cd8dbae1f7203c8e42426daa077051d59c/snowballstemmer-1.2.1.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="643b019667a708a922172e33a99bf2fa"
+VERSION="2.2.0"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/snowballstem/snowball"
+DOWNLOAD="https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/44/7b/af302bebf22c749c56c9c3e8ae13190b5b5db37a33d9068652e8f73b7089/snowballstemmer-2.2.0.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="4332ddc7bbee0f344a03915b2ad59a54"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""