diff --git a/development/gede/gede.SlackBuild b/development/gede/gede.SlackBuild
index 5d657e6b84..04a0304bc5 100644
--- a/development/gede/gede.SlackBuild
+++ b/development/gede/gede.SlackBuild
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=gede
-VERSION=${VERSION:-2.16.2}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2.17.1}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/development/gede/gede.info b/development/gede/gede.info
index 190608948c..de179024cf 100644
--- a/development/gede/gede.info
+++ b/development/gede/gede.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="gede"
-VERSION="2.16.2"
-HOMEPAGE="http://acidron.com/gede/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://gede.acidron.com/uploads/source/gede-2.16.2.tar.xz"
-MD5SUM="679e014c88c7502f0ef196a3f31eaa45"
+VERSION="2.17.1"
+HOMEPAGE="http://gede.dexar.se/"
+DOWNLOAD="http://gede.dexar.se/uploads/source/gede-2.17.1.tar.xz"
+MD5SUM="5be528e2d0e28b4cb69c4a71edc92b31"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
-REQUIRES=""
+REQUIRES="qt5"
 MAINTAINER="Wainamoinen"
 EMAIL="wainamoinen@gmail.com"