diff --git a/system/fastfetch/README b/system/fastfetch/README
index 2e0e193354a..d4c4f4d127e 100644
--- a/system/fastfetch/README
+++ b/system/fastfetch/README
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Optional dependencies include:
   ddcutil (get more information about external screens)
   chafa (render non-ascii images with libchafa)
 
-Version 2.66 is the last one to build with the versions of GCC or LLVM
+Version 2.66.1 is the last one to build with the versions of GCC or LLVM
 on Slackware 15.0. Building either one of these for a slightly newer
-screen fetch program would be overkill, so updates are suspended for
-now.
+screen fetch program would be overkill, so updates beyond the 2.66
+series are suspended for now.
diff --git a/system/fastfetch/fastfetch.SlackBuild b/system/fastfetch/fastfetch.SlackBuild
index b946fc75992..cf706cfbcf8 100644
--- a/system/fastfetch/fastfetch.SlackBuild
+++ b/system/fastfetch/fastfetch.SlackBuild
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=fastfetch
-VERSION=${VERSION:-2.66.0}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2.66.1}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
diff --git a/system/fastfetch/fastfetch.info b/system/fastfetch/fastfetch.info
index 5ffec8293d0..fd44739e667 100644
--- a/system/fastfetch/fastfetch.info
+++ b/system/fastfetch/fastfetch.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="fastfetch"
-VERSION="2.66.0"
+VERSION="2.66.1"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/fastfetch-cli/fastfetch"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/fastfetch-cli/fastfetch/archive/2.66.0/fastfetch-2.66.0.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="50ab0c96629ce85654759126f960b6b8"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/fastfetch-cli/fastfetch/archive/2.66.1/fastfetch-2.66.1.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="614ce00a5b6265b84b9f840f2ff73df7"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""