diff --git a/academic/mendeleydesktop/mendeleydesktop.SlackBuild b/academic/mendeleydesktop/mendeleydesktop.SlackBuild
index 545d7aa9a9..9bf21f89c0 100644
--- a/academic/mendeleydesktop/mendeleydesktop.SlackBuild
+++ b/academic/mendeleydesktop/mendeleydesktop.SlackBuild
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
 # ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=mendeleydesktop
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.17.7}
-BUILD=${BUILD:-2}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.17.8}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
 if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
diff --git a/academic/mendeleydesktop/mendeleydesktop.info b/academic/mendeleydesktop/mendeleydesktop.info
index 080f44c260..ada0cddd90 100644
--- a/academic/mendeleydesktop/mendeleydesktop.info
+++ b/academic/mendeleydesktop/mendeleydesktop.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="mendeleydesktop"
-VERSION="1.17.7"
+VERSION="1.17.8"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.mendeley.com/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://download.mendeley.com/linux/mendeleydesktop-1.17.7-linux-i486.tar.bz2"
-MD5SUM="a55e5277e78b45e229cdd41eaf4cf098"
-DOWNLOAD_x86_64="http://download.mendeley.com/linux/mendeleydesktop-1.17.7-linux-x86_64.tar.bz2"
-MD5SUM_x86_64="339749ba5132109df416cb0ac930466d"
+DOWNLOAD="http://download.mendeley.com/linux/mendeleydesktop-1.17.8-linux-i486.tar.bz2"
+MD5SUM="36d7958b8b94f3f8bfa6a981430245a4"
+DOWNLOAD_x86_64="http://download.mendeley.com/linux/mendeleydesktop-1.17.8-linux-x86_64.tar.bz2"
+MD5SUM_x86_64="336b65f056b3ac33b5302a3877b0f363"
 REQUIRES=""
 MAINTAINER="DhabyX"
 EMAIL="slack.dhabyx@gmail.com"