diff --git a/desktop/recoll/README b/desktop/recoll/README
index 969f73f825..009930aec3 100644
--- a/desktop/recoll/README
+++ b/desktop/recoll/README
@@ -6,4 +6,9 @@ Recoll is able to include several separate folders in its search.
 To enable splitting of CamelCase words take a look in the SlackBuild
 file. This feature is disabled by default.
 
-Optional dependencies are antiword, unrtf, and exiftool.
+antiword, unrtf, untex and exiftool are runtime dependencies. You can
+build and run recoll without it, but recoll will keep nagging you about
+the missing helper tools. Without those tools recoll will be not usable
+for most people anyway, and these tools are quite small. But if you want
+to go without any of them you can do so at the time of writing. Your
+mileage may vary of course in the future.
diff --git a/desktop/recoll/recoll.SlackBuild b/desktop/recoll/recoll.SlackBuild
index 28781cdd7c..ef3a7762c0 100644
--- a/desktop/recoll/recoll.SlackBuild
+++ b/desktop/recoll/recoll.SlackBuild
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 # Modified by the SlackBuilds.org Project
 
 PRGNAM=recoll
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.21.2}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.22.3}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/desktop/recoll/recoll.info b/desktop/recoll/recoll.info
index 5ff9f916aa..7bc11a0eaf 100644
--- a/desktop/recoll/recoll.info
+++ b/desktop/recoll/recoll.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="recoll"
-VERSION="1.21.2"
+VERSION="1.22.3"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.lesbonscomptes.com/recoll/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://www.lesbonscomptes.com/recoll/recoll-1.21.2.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="4e3e6d381ccc341c872f7d0fc64523d1"
+DOWNLOAD="http://www.lesbonscomptes.com/recoll/recoll-1.22.3.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="afb5dc53b9d2ac0c6bdaeb9cbd399c78"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
-REQUIRES=""
+REQUIRES="antiword unrtf exiftool untex"
 MAINTAINER="titopoquito"
 EMAIL="titopoquito@gmail.com"