diff --git a/graphics/GraphicsMagick/GraphicsMagick.SlackBuild b/graphics/GraphicsMagick/GraphicsMagick.SlackBuild
index 3261b8610c..73df8491ac 100644
--- a/graphics/GraphicsMagick/GraphicsMagick.SlackBuild
+++ b/graphics/GraphicsMagick/GraphicsMagick.SlackBuild
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # Written by Giovanne Castro <giovannefc@terra.com.br>
 
 PRGNAM=GraphicsMagick
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.3.12}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.3.17}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
   --enable-static=no \
   --enable-shared \
   --with-perl \
+  --with-quantum-depth=16 \
   --build=$ARCH-slackware-linux
 
 make INSTALLDIRS=vendor
diff --git a/graphics/GraphicsMagick/GraphicsMagick.info b/graphics/GraphicsMagick/GraphicsMagick.info
index bb218bcfc2..a72fa6220a 100644
--- a/graphics/GraphicsMagick/GraphicsMagick.info
+++ b/graphics/GraphicsMagick/GraphicsMagick.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="GraphicsMagick"
-VERSION="1.3.12"
+VERSION="1.3.17"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.graphicsmagick.org/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/graphicsmagick/GraphicsMagick-1.3.12.tar.bz2"
-MD5SUM="55182f371f82d5f9367bce04e59bbf25"
+DOWNLOAD="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/graphicsmagick/GraphicsMagick-1.3.17.tar.bz2"
+MD5SUM="2b9438889304c07bdfcf589075d00b57"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""