diff --git a/packages/jove/Makefile.patch b/packages/jove/Makefile.patch
index 0ec880ca11..e6743126a7 100644
--- a/packages/jove/Makefile.patch
+++ b/packages/jove/Makefile.patch
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 --- a/Makefile
 +++ b/Makefile
 @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
- # (prefixed with $DESTDIR, as most packaging systems desire)
- # All others must already exist.
+ # Hack for relocatable installs: set JSHAREDIR and JLIBDIR and JBINDIR to relative 
+ # paths, and set DESTDIR to an empty directory.
  
 -JOVEHOME = /usr/local
 +JOVEHOME = @TERMUX_PREFIX@
+ JREL =
  JSHAREDIR = $(JOVEHOME)/share/jove
  DSHAREDIR = $(DESTDIR)$(JSHAREDIR)
- JLIBDIR = $(JOVEHOME)/lib/jove
 @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
  JBINDIR = $(JOVEHOME)/bin
  DBINDIR = $(DESTDIR)$(JBINDIR)
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
  RPMHOME = $(HOME)/rpmbuild/SOURCES
  
- # DFLTSHELL is the default shell invoked by JOVE and TEACHJOVE.
+ # DFLTSHELL is the default shell invoked by JOVE.
 -DFLTSHELL = /bin/sh
 +DFLTSHELL = @TERMUX_PREFIX@/bin/sh
  
diff --git a/packages/jove/build.sh b/packages/jove/build.sh
index a9e48fcdf0..637d53520d 100644
--- a/packages/jove/build.sh
+++ b/packages/jove/build.sh
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Jove is a compact, powerful, Emacs-style text-editor."
 TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="custom"
 TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE_FILE="LICENSE"
 TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="@termux"
-TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=4.17.4.9
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=4.17.5.1
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://github.com/jonmacs/jove/archive/${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz
-TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=6d9aeb85c04fedac7e3df2a1716e014dc53d6938f665fc32a9facd40c117102d
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=674fe3784c9aa58e1fbe010c7da8e026bffa5e057ab30341333a2dbcaf12887b
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="ncurses"
 TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_IN_SRC=true
 TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_MAKE_ARGS="