diff --git a/dev-libs/orcus/orcus-0.16.1.recipe b/dev-libs/orcus/orcus-0.17.2.recipe
similarity index 97%
rename from dev-libs/orcus/orcus-0.16.1.recipe
rename to dev-libs/orcus/orcus-0.17.2.recipe
index e0ae0f6d5..b354f5d26 100644
--- a/dev-libs/orcus/orcus-0.16.1.recipe
+++ b/dev-libs/orcus/orcus-0.17.2.recipe
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ COPYRIGHT="Kohei Yoshida et al."
 LICENSE="MPL v2.0"
 REVISION="1"
 SOURCE_URI="https://gitlab.com/orcus/orcus/-/archive/$portVersion/orcus-$portVersion.tar.bz2"
-CHECKSUM_SHA256="cc4fd01811e46b68ddeee5cce7fe6b2a9decb760b9f8ff534b418f0a2d1cea07"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="79fcc2998191fe5853a05edafe97a04d73e45d95d38237ad03500fe266f03503"
 SOURCE_DIR="orcus-$portVersion"
 
 ARCHITECTURES="all !x86_gcc2"
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ BUILD_REQUIRES="
 	devel:libboost_program_options$secondaryArchSuffix >= $boostMinimumVersion
 	devel:libixion_$ixionSoVersion$secondaryArchSuffix
 	devel:libz$secondaryArchSuffix
-	devel:mdds >= 1.5
+	devel:mdds >= 2
 	"
 BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
 	cmd:aclocal