diff --git a/network/rekonq/rekonq.SlackBuild b/network/rekonq/rekonq.SlackBuild
index a10839731a..70cd57daad 100644
--- a/network/rekonq/rekonq.SlackBuild
+++ b/network/rekonq/rekonq.SlackBuild
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # Written by Branko Grubic <branko.grubic@gmail.com>
 
 PRGNAM=rekonq
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.1}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2.4.0}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ rm -rf $PKG
 mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
 cd $TMP
 rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
-tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.bz2
+tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.?z*
 cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 chown -R root:root .
 find . \
diff --git a/network/rekonq/rekonq.info b/network/rekonq/rekonq.info
index 2527c0f2d9..cc17db0790 100644
--- a/network/rekonq/rekonq.info
+++ b/network/rekonq/rekonq.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="rekonq"
-VERSION="1.1"
+VERSION="2.4.0"
 HOMEPAGE="http://rekonq.kde.org/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/rekonq/rekonq-1.1.tar.bz2"
-MD5SUM="3ee3f965b47d790ceacac444fc83f4e4"
+DOWNLOAD="http://sourceforge.net/projects/rekonq/files/2.0/rekonq-2.4.0.tar.xz"
+MD5SUM="1cb82ad866681db888daf40485fd4ce2"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""