-#
-BRIDGE_SOURCE_URL=http://bridge.sourceforge.net/bridge-utils
-BRIDGE_SOURCE=bridge-utils-0.9.6.tar.gz
-BRIDGE_BUILD_DIR=$(BUILD_DIR)/bridge-utils-0.9.6
+
+ifeq ($(strip $(USE_BRIDGE_VERSION)),)
+USE_BRIDGE_VERSION=0.9.7
+endif
+BRIDGE_SOURCE_URL=http://dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/bridge/
+BRIDGE_SOURCE=bridge-utils-$(USE_BRIDGE_VERSION).tar.gz
+BRIDGE_BUILD_DIR=$(BUILD_DIR)/bridge-utils-$(USE_BRIDGE_VERSION)