diff --git a/development/codeblocks/codeblocks.SlackBuild b/development/codeblocks/codeblocks.SlackBuild
index 272bd97f22..44ca0a6d46 100644
--- a/development/codeblocks/codeblocks.SlackBuild
+++ b/development/codeblocks/codeblocks.SlackBuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Slackware build script for codeblocks
 
-# Copyright 2016 Antonio Leal Lisbon, Portugal
+# Copyright 2018 Antonio Leal Lisbon, Portugal
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=codeblocks
-VERSION=${VERSION:-16.01}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-17.12}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ rm -rf $PKG
 mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
 cd $TMP
 rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION.release
-tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM\_$VERSION.tar.gz
-cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION.release
+tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM\_$VERSION.tar.xz
+cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 chown -R root:root .
 find -L . \
  \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 750 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 \
diff --git a/development/codeblocks/codeblocks.info b/development/codeblocks/codeblocks.info
index 1211641a93..999830858e 100644
--- a/development/codeblocks/codeblocks.info
+++ b/development/codeblocks/codeblocks.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="codeblocks"
-VERSION="16.01"
+VERSION="17.12"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.codeblocks.org/"
-DOWNLOAD="https://sourceforge.net/projects/codeblocks/files/Sources/16.01/codeblocks_16.01.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="823f6c229692367ff74f52098b887b6b"
+DOWNLOAD="https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/codeblocks/Sources/17.12/codeblocks_17.12.tar.xz"
+MD5SUM="e7fb4fcf099fffe944b48af113944a81"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="wxPython"