diff --git a/base/mate-common/mate-common.SlackBuild b/base/mate-common/mate-common.SlackBuild
index 039ee32..bc60dae 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:-1.6.2}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_msb}