diff --git a/system/roxterm/README b/system/roxterm/README
index 9456ea1be7..77fb842ba6 100644
--- a/system/roxterm/README
+++ b/system/roxterm/README
@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ footprint and quicker start-up time. It achieves this by not using
 the Gnome libraries and by using a separate applet to provide the
 configuration GUI. It can be used as a ROX application, as the name
 implies, or in any other X environment.
+
+Optional dependency: po4a
diff --git a/system/roxterm/roxterm.SlackBuild b/system/roxterm/roxterm.SlackBuild
index 7723cc5d24..97926b5c27 100644
--- a/system/roxterm/roxterm.SlackBuild
+++ b/system/roxterm/roxterm.SlackBuild
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 # ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=roxterm
-VERSION=${VERSION:-2.8.1}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2.8.3}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/system/roxterm/roxterm.info b/system/roxterm/roxterm.info
index 34fe994d42..afc2ba4dad 100644
--- a/system/roxterm/roxterm.info
+++ b/system/roxterm/roxterm.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="roxterm"
-VERSION="2.8.1"
+VERSION="2.8.3"
 HOMEPAGE="http://roxterm.sourceforge.net/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/roxterm/roxterm-2.8.1.tar.bz2"
-MD5SUM="cf5aa488cc382ec0df8b3a856707d245"
+DOWNLOAD="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/roxterm/roxterm-2.8.3.tar.bz2"
+MD5SUM="0f775a11f01e38be22ae5a080800c5f7"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""