diff --git a/base/mate-backgrounds/mate-backgrounds.SlackBuild b/base/mate-backgrounds/mate-backgrounds.SlackBuild
index c54ad02..da1c835 100644
--- a/base/mate-backgrounds/mate-backgrounds.SlackBuild
+++ b/base/mate-backgrounds/mate-backgrounds.SlackBuild
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=mate-backgrounds
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.24.0}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.24.1}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_msb}