diff --git a/system/lxtask/README b/system/lxtask/README
index 232f882edb..6bf97e6b7c 100644
--- a/system/lxtask/README
+++ b/system/lxtask/README
@@ -3,5 +3,3 @@ lxtask (simple task manager for LXDE)
 LXTask is lightweight and desktop-independent task manager derived from
 xfce4-taskmanager with all dependencies on xfce removed, new features,
 and some improvement of the user interface.
-
-It requires lxde-common and lxpanel, available from slackbuilds.org.
diff --git a/system/lxtask/lxtask.SlackBuild b/system/lxtask/lxtask.SlackBuild
index b0e7e8a6c0..96653e4446 100644
--- a/system/lxtask/lxtask.SlackBuild
+++ b/system/lxtask/lxtask.SlackBuild
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
 #             * updated to latest version.
 # 20111224_c77968d: 26/dec/2011 by ponce <matteo.bernardini@gmail.com>
 #             * updated.
+# 20120812_204b61f: 13/aug/2012 by ponce <matteo.bernardini@gmail.com>
+#             * updated.
 #
 # Run 'sh lxtask.SlackBuild' to build a Slackware package.
 # The package is created in /tmp .
@@ -47,7 +49,7 @@
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 PRGNAM=lxtask
-VERSION=${VERSION:-20111224_c77968d}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-20120812_204b61f}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -86,7 +88,7 @@ rm -rf $PKG
 mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
 cd $TMP
 rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
-tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.?z
+tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.?z*
 cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 chown -R root:root .
 find . \
diff --git a/system/lxtask/lxtask.info b/system/lxtask/lxtask.info
index 5230cb01af..6f69a50a70 100644
--- a/system/lxtask/lxtask.info
+++ b/system/lxtask/lxtask.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="lxtask"
-VERSION="20111224_c77968d"
+VERSION="20120812_204b61f"
 HOMEPAGE="http://wiki.lxde.org/en/LXTask"
-DOWNLOAD="http://ponce.cc/slackware/sources/repo/lxde/lxtask-20111224_c77968d.tar.xz"
-MD5SUM="d86d8f808b8d0be8c1e3430c13598397"
+DOWNLOAD="http://ponce.cc/slackware/sources/repo/lxde/lxtask-20120812_204b61f.tar.xz"
+MD5SUM="d0d36c7a5b84352ec420d18cee8cde28"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="lxde-common lxpanel"