diff --git a/academic/gerbv/gerbv.SlackBuild b/academic/gerbv/gerbv.SlackBuild
index 0b96ad7565..f594f120a8 100644
--- a/academic/gerbv/gerbv.SlackBuild
+++ b/academic/gerbv/gerbv.SlackBuild
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # Written by Felix Pfeifer (pfeifer [dot] felix [at] googlemail [dot] com)
 
 PRGNAM=gerbv
-VERSION=${VERSION:-2.5.0}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2.6.0}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/academic/gerbv/gerbv.info b/academic/gerbv/gerbv.info
index cfd6ac0d4c..cd26765f94 100644
--- a/academic/gerbv/gerbv.info
+++ b/academic/gerbv/gerbv.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="gerbv"
-VERSION="2.5.0"
+VERSION="2.6.0"
 HOMEPAGE="http://gerbv.gpleda.org/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://sourceforge.net/projects/gerbv/files/gerbv/gerbv-2.5.0/gerbv-2.5.0.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="633a55473f62b96fff302ed1ed52c88e"
+DOWNLOAD="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gerbv/gerbv-2.6.0.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="44a37dd202bc60fab54cbc298a477572"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 MAINTAINER="Felix Pfeifer"
 EMAIL="pfeifer[dot]felix[at]googlemail[dot]com"
-APPROVED="dsomero"
+APPROVED="Niels Horn"