diff --git a/development/atom/README b/development/atom/README
index 9e1bee3715..93174ec239 100644
--- a/development/atom/README
+++ b/development/atom/README
@@ -18,3 +18,7 @@ Optional building features:
     DISABLE_METRICS=yes|no (default: no)
 * Delete temporary data cached after building package
     DELETE_CACHE=yes|no (default: no)
+
+NOTE:
+Atom may failed to build at first attempt.
+Simply retry the process and it should be working.
diff --git a/development/atom/atom.SlackBuild b/development/atom/atom.SlackBuild
index 43162193e5..af5a4653cf 100644
--- a/development/atom/atom.SlackBuild
+++ b/development/atom/atom.SlackBuild
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 # ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=atom
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.12.2}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.12.3}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/development/atom/atom.info b/development/atom/atom.info
index 934f47e7ac..19e40a2f67 100644
--- a/development/atom/atom.info
+++ b/development/atom/atom.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="atom"
-VERSION="1.12.2"
+VERSION="1.12.3"
 HOMEPAGE="https://atom.io/"
-DOWNLOAD="https://codeload.github.com/atom/atom/tar.gz/v1.12.2"
-MD5SUM="7fe93379bfc3b871f3a1b40e74b7b61b"
+DOWNLOAD="https://codeload.github.com/atom/atom/tar.gz/v1.12.3"
+MD5SUM="a102a0919f81f3addf7a65ee4959f31c"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="nodejs"