diff --git a/desktop/enlightenment/enlightenment.SlackBuild b/desktop/enlightenment/enlightenment.SlackBuild
index 8552eaf445..140b64a967 100644
--- a/desktop/enlightenment/enlightenment.SlackBuild
+++ b/desktop/enlightenment/enlightenment.SlackBuild
@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@
 # Written by Aleksandar Samardzic <asamardzic@gmail.com>
 
 PRGNAM=enlightenment
-VERSION=${VERSION:-0.16.999.76819}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-0.17.0_alpha2}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
+SRC_VERSION=$(echo $VERSION | tr _ -)
+
 if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
   case "$( uname -m )" in
     i?86) ARCH=i486 ;;
@@ -41,9 +43,9 @@ set -e
 rm -rf $PKG
 mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
 cd $TMP
-rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
-tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.bz2
-cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
+rm -rf $PRGNAM-$SRC_VERSION
+tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$SRC_VERSION.tar.bz2
+cd $PRGNAM-$SRC_VERSION
 chown -R root:root .
 find . \
  \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 -o -perm 511 \) \
diff --git a/desktop/enlightenment/enlightenment.info b/desktop/enlightenment/enlightenment.info
index d440527c0e..f7d4045811 100644
--- a/desktop/enlightenment/enlightenment.info
+++ b/desktop/enlightenment/enlightenment.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="enlightenment"
-VERSION="0.16.999.76819"
+VERSION="0.17.0_alpha2"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.enlightenment.org/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://download.enlightenment.org/snapshots/2012-09-18/enlightenment-0.16.999.76819.tar.bz2"
-MD5SUM="5a79f3c871b0860b5a3add83a7a2118e"
+DOWNLOAD="http://download.enlightenment.org/releases/enlightenment-0.17.0-alpha2.tar.bz2"
+MD5SUM="6b6575ef75e00ce82800fd600999996b"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="e_dbus edje efreet eio"