diff --git a/package/jsaw/numpy/numpy.desc b/package/jsaw/numpy/numpy.desc
index 03a2fe4e9..8a204f487 100644
--- a/package/jsaw/numpy/numpy.desc
+++ b/package/jsaw/numpy/numpy.desc
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@
 
 [L] Free-to-use
 [S] Stable
-[V] 23.1
+[V] 23.3
 [P] X -----5---9 129.500
 
-[D] 2478801537 Numeric-23.1.tar.gz http://dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/numpy/
+[D] 1160033224 Numeric-23.3.tar.gz http://dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/numpy/
 
 
diff --git a/package/jsaw/numpy/setup-rollback-23.1.patch b/package/jsaw/numpy/setup-rollback-23.1.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ada31ceb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/jsaw/numpy/setup-rollback-23.1.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+--- Numeric-23.3/setup.py	2004-06-07 23:52:01.000000000 +0200
++++ Numeric-23.1/setup.py	2003-04-14 20:01:17.000000000 +0200
+@@ -33,21 +33,20 @@
+ 
+ # delete all but the first one in this list if using your own LAPACK/BLAS
+ sourcelist = [os.path.join('Src', 'lapack_litemodule.c'),
+-#              os.path.join('Src', 'blas_lite.c'), 
+-#              os.path.join('Src', 'f2c_lite.c'), 
+-#              os.path.join('Src', 'zlapack_lite.c'),
+-#              os.path.join('Src', 'dlapack_lite.c')
++              os.path.join('Src', 'blas_lite.c'), 
++              os.path.join('Src', 'f2c_lite.c'), 
++              os.path.join('Src', 'zlapack_lite.c'),
++              os.path.join('Src', 'dlapack_lite.c')
+              ]
+ # set these to use your own BLAS;
+ 
+-library_dirs_list = ['/usr/lib/atlas']
+-libraries_list = ['lapack', 'cblas', 'f77blas', 'atlas', 'g2c'] 
+-                   # if you also set `use_dotblas` (see below), you'll need:
+-                   # ['lapack', 'cblas', 'f77blas', 'atlas', 'g2c']
++library_dirs_list = []
++libraries_list = [] # if you also set `use_dotblas` (see below), you'll need:
++                    # ['lapack', 'cblas', 'f77blas', 'atlas', 'g2c']
+ 
+ # set to true (1), if you also want BLAS optimized matrixmultiply/dot/innerproduct
+-use_dotblas = 1
+-include_dirs = ['/usr/include/atlas']  # You may need to set this to find cblas.h
++use_dotblas = 0
++include_dirs = []  # You may need to set this to find cblas.h
+                    #  e.g. on UNIX using ATLAS this should be ['/usr/include/atlas'] 
+ 
+ # The packages are split in this way to allow future optional inclusion