diff --git a/development/poedit/poedit.SlackBuild b/development/poedit/poedit.SlackBuild
index e55b213f94..312fb9626d 100644
--- a/development/poedit/poedit.SlackBuild
+++ b/development/poedit/poedit.SlackBuild
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=poedit
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.6.8}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.6.9}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/development/poedit/poedit.info b/development/poedit/poedit.info
index 832adb1a25..399f89ce20 100644
--- a/development/poedit/poedit.info
+++ b/development/poedit/poedit.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="poedit"
-VERSION="1.6.8"
+VERSION="1.6.9"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.poedit.net"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/vslavik/poedit/releases/download/v1.6.8-oss/poedit-1.6.8.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="554d80b32254d9077d3cf77cc6da4359"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/vslavik/poedit/releases/download/v1.6.9-oss/poedit-1.6.9.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="a7820969fe5e182480549034bc0035ac"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="wxGTK3 LucenePlusPlus"