diff --git a/libraries/pugixml/pugixml.SlackBuild b/libraries/pugixml/pugixml.SlackBuild
index d51cdd70b1..48dd8f5eef 100644
--- a/libraries/pugixml/pugixml.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/pugixml/pugixml.SlackBuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Slackware build script for pugixml
 
-# Copyright 2015-2016 Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org>
+# Copyright 2015-2017 Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org>
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=pugixml
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.8}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.8.1}
+MAJVER=1.8
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -59,9 +60,9 @@ set -e
 rm -rf $PKG
 mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
 cd $TMP
-rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
+rm -rf $PRGNAM-$MAJVER
 tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz
-cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
+cd $PRGNAM-$MAJVER
 chown -R root:root .
 find -L . \
  \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 750 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 \
diff --git a/libraries/pugixml/pugixml.info b/libraries/pugixml/pugixml.info
index fee34a7eeb..3e6f655700 100644
--- a/libraries/pugixml/pugixml.info
+++ b/libraries/pugixml/pugixml.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="pugixml"
-VERSION="1.8"
+VERSION="1.8.1"
 HOMEPAGE="http://pugixml.org/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://github.com/zeux/pugixml/releases/download/v1.8/pugixml-1.8.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="ffa59ee4853958e243050e6b690b4f2e"
+DOWNLOAD="http://github.com/zeux/pugixml/releases/download/v1.8.1/pugixml-1.8.1.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="57acb4b1a9022975fdad456135903bee"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""