diff --git a/libraries/gtkmm/gtkmm.SlackBuild b/libraries/gtkmm/gtkmm.SlackBuild
index 7f6859744c..5bd1dba899 100644
--- a/libraries/gtkmm/gtkmm.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/gtkmm/gtkmm.SlackBuild
@@ -22,13 +22,12 @@
 # OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
 # ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
-# Modified by the SlackBuilds.org project
-
 PKGNAME=gtkmm
-VERSION=2.10.10
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2.12.5}
 ARCH=${ARCH:-i486}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
+
 CWD=$(pwd)		
 TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
 PKG=$TMP/package-$PKGNAME
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@ rm -rf $PKG
 mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
 cd $TMP || exit 1
 rm -rf $PKGNAME-$VERSION
-tar -xvzf $CWD/$PKGNAME-$VERSION.tar.gz || exit 1
+tar xvf $CWD/$PKGNAME-$VERSION.tar.bz2 || exit 1
 cd $PKGNAME-$VERSION || exit 1
 chown -R root:root .
 chmod -R a-s,u+rw,go-w+r .
diff --git a/libraries/gtkmm/gtkmm.info b/libraries/gtkmm/gtkmm.info
index 5ea450618d..fccb64dca4 100644
--- a/libraries/gtkmm/gtkmm.info
+++ b/libraries/gtkmm/gtkmm.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="gtkmm"
-VERSION="2.10.10"
+VERSION="2.12.5"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.gtkmm.org/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gtkmm/2.10/gtkmm-2.10.10.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="d55e0a0023076760c69674fd5a2d1dee"
+DOWNLOAD="http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gtkmm/2.12/gtkmm-2.12.5.tar.bz2"
+MD5SUM="ca21c054d7f7bbd9c737f22e14bccf82"
 MAINTAINER="paul wisehart"
 EMAIL="wise@lupulin.net"
 APPROVED="rworkman"
diff --git a/libraries/gtkmm/slack-desc b/libraries/gtkmm/slack-desc
index 5f381f11a2..bcb70d24ef 100644
--- a/libraries/gtkmm/slack-desc
+++ b/libraries/gtkmm/slack-desc
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ gtkmm: user interfaces either in code or with the Glade User Interface
 gtkmm: designer, using libglademm. There's extensive documentation,
 gtkmm: including API reference and a tutorial.
 gtkmm: 
-gtkmm: 
+gtkmm: Homepage: http://www.gtkmm.org/
 gtkmm: