diff --git a/base/mate-desktop/mate-desktop.SlackBuild b/base/mate-desktop/mate-desktop.SlackBuild
index 83d6ee5..77b3d83 100644
--- a/base/mate-desktop/mate-desktop.SlackBuild
+++ b/base/mate-desktop/mate-desktop.SlackBuild
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=mate-desktop
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.8.0}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.8.1}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_msb}