diff --git a/ShellB3/shallbethree.sh b/ShellB3/shallbethree.sh
index 576527b83390676075c583e832caf0a24609dab8..25b265b62cd6cee4c837bbdd00bb955c15ac3a15 100755
--- a/ShellB3/shallbethree.sh
+++ b/ShellB3/shallbethree.sh
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ export PLYVER=3.8
 
 export SWIGVER=3.0.7
 export SUITESPARSEVER=4.4.4
-export SCIPYVER=0.16.0
+export SCIPYVER=0.16.1
 
 # optional packages 
 export DISTRIBUTEVER=0.6.28
diff --git a/ShellB3/src/scipy-0.16.0.tar.gz b/ShellB3/src/scipy-0.16.1.tar.gz
similarity index 52%
rename from ShellB3/src/scipy-0.16.0.tar.gz
rename to ShellB3/src/scipy-0.16.1.tar.gz
index f49112af3833913f865c249a8fceaff20dd8b9b8..07e6817024869b9ca211d587b698ae723272299c 100644
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