diff --git a/srcpkgs/gtkmm/gtkmm-devel.template b/srcpkgs/gtkmm/gtkmm-devel.template
index 51e6e790ec..94b1c904ef 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gtkmm/gtkmm-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gtkmm/gtkmm-devel.template
@@ -1,13 +1,8 @@
 # Template file for 'gtkmm-devel'.
 #
-depends="gtk+3-devel atkmm-devel pangomm-devel cairomm-devel
+depends="gtk+3-devel>=3.8 glibmm-devel>=2.35.9 atkmm-devel pangomm-devel cairomm-devel
  gtkmm-${version}_${revision}"
-short_desc="${sourcepkg} (development files)"
-long_desc="${long_desc}
-
- This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
-
-noarch=yes
+short_desc="${short_desc} - development files"
 
 do_install() {
 	vmove usr/include usr
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gtkmm/template b/srcpkgs/gtkmm/template
index b3b31e4087..7313315dd6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gtkmm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gtkmm/template
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 # Template build file for 'gtkmm'.
 pkgname=gtkmm
-version=3.6.0
+version=3.7.12
 revision=1
 subpackages="gtkmm-devel"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-documentation"
-makedepends="pkg-config gtk+3-devel glibmm-devel>=2.32.0 atkmm-devel
- pangomm-devel cairomm-devel"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+makedepends="gtk+3-devel>=3.8 glibmm-devel>=2.35.9 atkmm-devel pangomm-devel"
 short_desc="C++ bindings for The GTK+ toolkit (v2)"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://gtkmm.sourceforge.net/"
 license="LGPL-2.1"
-distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/gtkmm/3.6/gtkmm-$version.tar.xz"
-checksum=888154d5c8acec083aa15e8dab68d977a393ade7257f0630becfa9a223fa2359
+distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/gtkmm/3.7/gtkmm-$version.tar.xz"
+checksum=e9a6bf2feac43fd8367e38e4b585cd5790745a6330014cf13c2d3e322a8dd916
 long_desc="
  gtkmm (previously known as Gtk--) is the official C++ interface for the
  popular GUI library GTK+. Highlights include typesafe callbacks, widgets