diff --git a/development/gedit/gedit.SlackBuild b/development/gedit/gedit.SlackBuild
index f2c9e4ffe2..091603808f 100644
--- a/development/gedit/gedit.SlackBuild
+++ b/development/gedit/gedit.SlackBuild
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=gedit
-VERSION=${VERSION:-42.2}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-44.2}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ fi;
 # Allow the user to disable user documentation inclusion
 [ "${WITH_USER_DOCS:-yes}" != "no" ] && WITH_USER_DOCS="true" || WITH_USER_DOCS="false"
 
-mkdir build
 cd build
   CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
   CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
diff --git a/development/gedit/gedit.info b/development/gedit/gedit.info
index b93734d62b..206bfa027d 100644
--- a/development/gedit/gedit.info
+++ b/development/gedit/gedit.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="gedit"
-VERSION="42.2"
+VERSION="44.2"
 HOMEPAGE="http://projects.gnome.org/gedit/"
-DOWNLOAD="https://download.gnome.org/sources/gedit/42/gedit-42.2.tar.xz"
-MD5SUM="733fcdd4db8e344460995857381cfaac"
+DOWNLOAD="https://download.gnome.org/sources/gedit/44/gedit-44.2.tar.xz"
+MD5SUM="fc257c0bce2ee900208032913f94053f"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
-REQUIRES="gtksourceview4 libpeas"
+REQUIRES="libpeas tepl"
 MAINTAINER="Juan M. Lasca"
 EMAIL="juanmlasca@gmail.com"