diff --git a/misc/pmw/README b/misc/pmw/README
index 873324eb1a2..123542103f4 100644
--- a/misc/pmw/README
+++ b/misc/pmw/README
@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@ music on a computer running the Linux operating system.
 
 pmw uses a special internal language to encode musical notation. Files
 can be created and modified in any text editor. The pmw command-line
-program translates the input text file into an output postscript file
-of music manuscript, using a special "alphabet" of symbols. A user
-manual in PDF format is provided as part of the package.
+program translates the input text file into an output postscript 
+(default) or pdf file of music manuscript, using a special "alphabet" 
+of symbols. A user manual in PDF format is provided as part of 
+the package.
 
-An archived homepage can be viewed here:
-https://web.archive.org/web/20190331211148/http://people.ds.cam.ac.uk/ph10/pmw.html
diff --git a/misc/pmw/pmw.SlackBuild b/misc/pmw/pmw.SlackBuild
index c99b4e512c6..b3cbe6fbd84 100644
--- a/misc/pmw/pmw.SlackBuild
+++ b/misc/pmw/pmw.SlackBuild
@@ -22,17 +22,11 @@
 # OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
 # ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
-# 20260702 bkw: note to self: Even though this looks like it might be
-# unmaintained, it's not. It hasn't updated upstream in forever. I
-# received an email from the SBo maintainer on 20260702, confirming
-# maintenance. If you're reading this a few years after the next
-# Slackware release (15.1/16.0, the one after 15.0), and the build
-# still hasn't been updated, try to contact the maintainer again then.
 
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=pmw
-VERSION=${VERSION:-4.31}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-5.33}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
@@ -92,6 +86,7 @@ CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
   --sysconfdir=/etc \
   --localstatedir=/var \
   --docdir=/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION \
+  --enable-pdf-default \
   --build=$ARCH-slackware-linux
 
 make
diff --git a/misc/pmw/pmw.info b/misc/pmw/pmw.info
index 8ee83c8ca1c..51f4b0e2b63 100644
--- a/misc/pmw/pmw.info
+++ b/misc/pmw/pmw.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="pmw"
-VERSION="4.31"
-HOMEPAGE="http://sourceforge.net/projects/philip-s-music-writer"
-DOWNLOAD="https://sourceforge.net/projects/philip-s-music-writer/files/pmw-4.31.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="6957affd878ea963c84454173e5731ce"
+VERSION="5.33"
+HOMEPAGE="https://philiphazel.github.io/pmw/"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/PhilipHazel/pmw/releases/download/pmw-5.33/pmw-5.33.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="1cd0c899610ac2dbac05a5fe8a147c64"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""
diff --git a/misc/pmw/slack-desc b/misc/pmw/slack-desc
index 20992b1d320..2bd1f8fd1f7 100644
--- a/misc/pmw/slack-desc
+++ b/misc/pmw/slack-desc
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
 pmw: pmw (Philip's Music Writer)
 pmw:
 pmw: pmw is a program that turns a text file (written in the special pmw
-pmw: internal language) into sheet music in postscript format.
-pmw:
-pmw: If the special pmw postscript font is incorporated, the file can
-pmw: be printed on any printer.
+pmw: internal language) into sheet music in postscript or pdf format.
 pmw:
+pmw: If the special pmw postscript font is incorporated, postscript
+pmw: files can be printed on any printer. PDF files incorporate the
+pmw: pmw font by default and are therefore significantly larger.
 pmw:
 pmw:
 pmw: