diff --git a/development/meld3/meld3.SlackBuild b/development/meld3/meld3.SlackBuild
index 859065c736..f177e7a3f4 100644
--- a/development/meld3/meld3.SlackBuild
+++ b/development/meld3/meld3.SlackBuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Slackware build script for meld3
 
-# Copyright 2014-2016 Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org>
+# Copyright 2014-2017 Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org>
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 PRGNAM=meld3
 SRCNAM=meld
-VERSION=${VERSION:-3.16.4}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-3.18.0}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ find -L . \
  \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 640 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 \
   -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
-python setup.py install --root=$PKG
+python3 setup.py install --root=$PKG
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
diff --git a/development/meld3/meld3.info b/development/meld3/meld3.info
index a8d51dbff2..77d30a9889 100644
--- a/development/meld3/meld3.info
+++ b/development/meld3/meld3.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="meld3"
-VERSION="3.16.4"
+VERSION="3.18.0"
 HOMEPAGE="http://meldmerge.org/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/meld/3.16/meld-3.16.4.tar.xz"
-MD5SUM="f1dc544cc46ead1369bb424759bd2c05"
+DOWNLOAD="http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/meld/3.18/meld-3.18.0.tar.xz"
+MD5SUM="c612b437e1dc74a7d5c5f9bee0f7b4dd"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
-REQUIRES="gtksourceview3"
+REQUIRES="gtksourceview3 pygobject3-python3"
 MAINTAINER="Willy Sudiarto Raharjo"
 EMAIL="willysr@slackbuilds.org"