diff --git a/x11-packages/synaptic/build.sh b/x11-packages/synaptic/build.sh
index b97620b14d910d..8b8a9182cb0a74 100644
--- a/x11-packages/synaptic/build.sh
+++ b/x11-packages/synaptic/build.sh
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://www.nongnu.org/synaptic/
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Synaptic is a graphical package management tool based on GTK+ and APT."
 TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="GPL-2.0"
 TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="@Yisus7u7"
-TERMUX_PKG_VERSION="0.91.5"
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION="0.91.7"
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://github.com/mvo5/synaptic/archive/refs/tags/${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz
-TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=edd000d988d774faa7075221cda423f955182de476c5bce345d329148a4442a0
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=6da82e1ff9f0bd00b34db02ea7d291caeeb546303ba639a8e32ebac8a5db6ccf
 TERMUX_PKG_AUTO_UPDATE=true
 TERMUX_PKG_UPDATE_TAG_TYPE="newest-tag"
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="apt, dpkg, gdk-pixbuf, glib, gtk3, libc++, libvte, pango"
diff --git a/x11-packages/synaptic/common-rconfiguration.cc.patch b/x11-packages/synaptic/common-rconfiguration.cc.patch
index a9d66bee861fa0..88ed411ce34a35 100644
--- a/x11-packages/synaptic/common-rconfiguration.cc.patch
+++ b/x11-packages/synaptic/common-rconfiguration.cc.patch
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
---- a/common/rconfiguration.cc
-+++ b/common/rconfiguration.cc
+--- ./common/rconfiguration.cc.orig	2025-05-26 23:06:42.466781607 +0530
++++ ./common/rconfiguration.cc	2025-05-26 23:08:32.688094520 +0530
 @@ -88,24 +88,22 @@
  
     // store option 'consider recommended packages as dependencies'
@@ -39,34 +39,16 @@
     // and backup Install-Recommends to config of synaptic
     _config->Set("Synaptic::Install-Recommends",
                  _config->FindB("APT::Install-Recommends",
-@@ -137,14 +135,14 @@
-    struct stat stbuf;
-    struct passwd *pwd;
+@@ -150,7 +148,7 @@
  
--   pwd = getpwuid(getuid());
-+  /* pwd = getpwuid(getuid());
-    if (!pwd) {
-       return _error->Errno("getpwuid",
-                            _
-                            ("ERROR: Could not get password entry for superuser"));
-    }
--   path = string(pwd->pw_dir) + "/.synaptic";
--   //path = "/etc/synaptic";
-+   path = string(pwd->pw_dir) + "/.synaptic";*/
-+   path = "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/etc/synaptic";
+    home_dir = string(pwd->pw_dir);
+    xdg_data_dir = home_dir + "/.config";
+-   old_path = home_dir + "/.synaptic";
++   old_path = "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/etc/synaptic";
+    buf = getenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME");
  
-    if (stat(path.c_str(), &stbuf) < 0) {
-       if (mkdir(path.c_str(), 0700) < 0) {
-@@ -187,7 +185,7 @@
- string RTmpDir()
- {
-    struct stat stbuf;
--   static string tmpDir = RConfDir() + string("/tmp/");
-+   static string tmpDir = RConfDir() + string("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp/");
-    if (stat(tmpDir.c_str(), &stbuf) < 0) {
-       if (mkdir(tmpDir.c_str(), 0700) < 0) {
- 	 _error->Errno("mkdir",
-@@ -243,17 +241,10 @@
+    if (buf) {
+@@ -285,17 +283,10 @@
  
     // read Install-Recommends, preferably from APT:: if we run as root
     // or from Synaptic:: otherwise
@@ -88,3 +70,4 @@
  
     return true;
  }
+