diff --git a/base/mate-common/mate-common.SlackBuild b/base/mate-common/mate-common.SlackBuild
index 7d86afc..d43b163 100644
--- a/base/mate-common/mate-common.SlackBuild
+++ b/base/mate-common/mate-common.SlackBuild
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=mate-common
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.6.1}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.7.0}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_msb}
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
 fi
 
 if [ ! -f $PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.xz ]; then
-  wget http://pub.mate-desktop.org/releases/1.6/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.xz
+  wget http://pub.mate-desktop.org/releases/1.7/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.xz
 fi
 
 NUMJOBS=${NUMJOBS:-" -j8 "}