diff --git a/3rdParty/buildLinuxDependencies.sh b/3rdParty/buildLinuxDependencies.sh
index baca1549db..a713208cf0 100755
--- a/3rdParty/buildLinuxDependencies.sh
+++ b/3rdParty/buildLinuxDependencies.sh
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ fi
 if [ "${gtest_only}" = "yes" ]; then
     download_and_build "googletest-release-1.8.1" "release-1.8.1.tar.gz" "https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/release-1.8.1.tar.gz" "${ROOTDIR}/3rdParty/buildGoogletestLinux.sh"
 else
-    download_and_build "wxWidgets-3.0.2" "wxWidgets-3.0.2.tar.bz2" "https://sourceforge.net/projects/wxwindows/files/3.0.2/wxWidgets-3.0.2.tar.bz2" "${ROOTDIR}/3rdParty/buildWxLinux.sh ${wxoption}"
+    download_and_build "wxWidgets-3.0.5" "wxWidgets-3.0.5.tar.bz2" "https://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets/releases/download/v3.0.5/wxWidgets-3.0.5.tar.bz2" "${ROOTDIR}/3rdParty/buildWxLinux.sh ${wxoption}"
 fi
 
 # change back to root directory
diff --git a/3rdParty/buildWxLinux.sh b/3rdParty/buildWxLinux.sh
index 326dbe6d22..9ceaf899fa 100644
--- a/3rdParty/buildWxLinux.sh
+++ b/3rdParty/buildWxLinux.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 # Script to build a wxWidgets GTK version for BOINC
 
 # Usage:
-#  cd [path]/wxWidgets-3.0.2/
+#  cd [path]/wxWidgets-3.0.5/
 #  source path_to_this_script [--clean] [--debug] [--prefix PATH]
 #
 # the --clean argument will force a full rebuild.