diff --git a/development/gsoap/gsoap.SlackBuild b/development/gsoap/gsoap.SlackBuild
index 60bf0efefd..b1a115c234 100644
--- a/development/gsoap/gsoap.SlackBuild
+++ b/development/gsoap/gsoap.SlackBuild
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 # ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=gsoap
-VERSION=2.8.2
+VERSION=2.8.3
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/development/gsoap/gsoap.info b/development/gsoap/gsoap.info
index 5525f1a371..3654e8957c 100644
--- a/development/gsoap/gsoap.info
+++ b/development/gsoap/gsoap.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="gsoap"
-VERSION="2.8.2"
+VERSION="2.8.3"
 HOMEPAGE="http://gsoap2.sourceforge.net/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gsoap2/gsoap_2.8.2.zip"
-MD5SUM="9cd47be235bc5b8d085bf6eff30fa204"
+DOWNLOAD="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gsoap2/gsoap_2.8.3.zip"
+MD5SUM="48e7739a5719bd635843e42d2ec670f7"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 MAINTAINER="Heinz Wiesinger"
 EMAIL="pprkut@liwjatan.at"
-APPROVED="rworkman"
+APPROVED="Niels Horn"
diff --git a/development/gsoap/slack-desc b/development/gsoap/slack-desc
index 23de7e5f59..56010c0bd9 100644
--- a/development/gsoap/slack-desc
+++ b/development/gsoap/slack-desc
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct.  It's also
 # customary to leave one space after the ':'.
 
-     |-----handy-ruler-------------------------------------------------------|
+     |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
 gsoap: gsoap (SOAP C Web Services with SSL and ZLIB)
 gsoap:
 gsoap: The gSOAP toolkit provides a cross-platform software development