diff --git a/srcpkgs/lxqt-about/template b/srcpkgs/lxqt-about/template
index 8716c9be03..94a7a2c8b5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/lxqt-about/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/lxqt-about/template
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # Template file for 'lxqt-about'
 pkgname=lxqt-about
-version=0.16.0
+version=0.17.0
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
-hostmakedepends="lxqt-build-tools qt5-qmake qt5-host-tools"
+hostmakedepends="lxqt-build-tools qt5-qmake qt5-host-tools perl"
 makedepends="qt5-tools-devel liblxqt-devel"
 short_desc="LXQt about application"
 maintainer="Helmut Pozimski <helmut@pozimski.eu>"
 license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"
 homepage="https://lxqt.org/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt-about/releases/download/${version}/lxqt-about-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=b7aaeb2a677b049f7df59fc27eab61721afc066d6064ca333ce55dd698247b6c
+checksum=f5033a4eb339f64de5b0eea32ee9178ab06aad6b60fd428fc196add785c33113