diff --git a/system/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr2/README b/system/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr2/README
index e60c6cfc031..ac28a3caac6 100644
--- a/system/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr2/README
+++ b/system/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr2/README
@@ -6,6 +6,3 @@ See README.models for supported printer models.
 
 don't forget to restart cups after installing/updating this driver
 You will have to print a page in order to get an acurate ink status.
-
-If you're wondering about versions, recently epson went from
-1.2.15 to 1.2.18 to 1.2.17 so 1.2.17 is more recent than 1.2.18 !
diff --git a/system/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr2/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr2.SlackBuild b/system/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr2/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr2.SlackBuild
index 95d01d1eda5..8368bf931ce 100644
--- a/system/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr2/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr2.SlackBuild
+++ b/system/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr2/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr2.SlackBuild
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=epson-inkjet-printer-escpr2
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.2.23}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.2.24}
 EXTRABIT=1
 TARNAM=$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$EXTRABIT.tar.gz
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
diff --git a/system/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr2/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr2.info b/system/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr2/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr2.info
index b993d1a1ffc..1d64ef6a7ea 100644
--- a/system/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr2/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr2.info
+++ b/system/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr2/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr2.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="epson-inkjet-printer-escpr2"
-VERSION="1.2.23"
+VERSION="1.2.24"
 HOMEPAGE="http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/search/01/search/"
-DOWNLOAD="https://sourceforge.net/projects/slackbuildsdirectlinks/files/epson-printer/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr2-1.2.23-1.src.rpm"
-MD5SUM="f855651ab0eccadfc9c75d6294d00872"
+DOWNLOAD="https://sourceforge.net/projects/slackbuildsdirectlinks/files/epson-printer/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr2-1.2.24-1.src.rpm"
+MD5SUM="449a0aa6010ec1e136992fc7a221fd0d"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""