diff --git a/academic/paml/paml.SlackBuild b/academic/paml/paml.SlackBuild
index 5ad919580d..fd7499481e 100644
--- a/academic/paml/paml.SlackBuild
+++ b/academic/paml/paml.SlackBuild
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=paml
-VERSION=${VERSION:-4.8a}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-4.9a}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
   esac
 fi
 
-MAINVER=4.8
+MAINVER=4.9a
 
 CWD=$(pwd)
 TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
diff --git a/academic/paml/paml.info b/academic/paml/paml.info
index c7c7bae2bd..164083571c 100644
--- a/academic/paml/paml.info
+++ b/academic/paml/paml.info
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 PRGNAM="paml"
-VERSION="4.8a"
+VERSION="4.9a"
 HOMEPAGE="http://abacus.gene.ucl.ac.uk/software/paml.html"
-DOWNLOAD="https://sourceforge.net/projects/slackbuildsdirectlinks/files/paml/paml4.8a.tgz \
+DOWNLOAD="http://abacus.gene.ucl.ac.uk/software/paml4.9a.tgz \
 	http://abacus.gene.ucl.ac.uk/software/MCMCtree.Tutorials.pdf"
-MD5SUM="be5ff973a1cf8f70a5307ab48d07569a \
+MD5SUM="e1c421f3642e2770949ddafcd17a7173 \
 	29c851d887eea56b949c01ab42cc48fb"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
diff --git a/academic/paml/slack-desc b/academic/paml/slack-desc
index 1ec5546349..d37aafd4a0 100644
--- a/academic/paml/slack-desc
+++ b/academic/paml/slack-desc
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ paml: reconstructed trees using other programs such as PAUP*, PHYLIP,
 paml: MOLPHY, PhyML, RaxML, etc. 
 paml:
 paml: Home: http://abacus.gene.ucl.ac.uk/software/paml.html
-paml: References: /usr/doc/paml-4.8a/References
+paml: References: /usr/doc/paml-4.9a/References