diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-notifyd/files/xfce4-notifyd-get-var-abs-path.patch b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-notifyd/files/xfce4-notifyd-get-var-abs-path.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..719267f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-notifyd/files/xfce4-notifyd-get-var-abs-path.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+Native pkg_config only return basename of the variable queried. Invoke `which`
+to get the absolute path.
+
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [oe specific]
+
+Signed-off-by: Kai Kang <kai.kang@windriver.com>
+---
+ configure.ac | 6 +++---
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index 0f49e2b..a589147 100644
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ AC_MSG_CHECKING([for gdbus-codegen])
+ if test x"$GDBUS_CODEGEN" = x""; then
+     GDBUS_CODEGEN=`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=gdbus_codegen gio-2.0`
+ fi
+-if test -x "$GDBUS_CODEGEN"; then
++if test -x "$(which $GDBUS_CODEGEN)"; then
+     AC_MSG_RESULT([$GDBUS_CODEGEN])
+ else
+     AC_MSG_ERROR([could not find gdbus-codegen in \$PATH. You can run
+@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ AC_MSG_CHECKING([for glib-compile-resources])
+ if test x"$GLIB_COMPILE_RESOURCES" = x""; then
+     GLIB_COMPILE_RESOURCES=`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=glib_compile_resources gio-2.0`
+ fi
+-if test -x "$GLIB_COMPILE_RESOURCES"; then
++if test -x "$(which $GLIB_COMPILE_RESOURCES)"; then
+     AC_MSG_RESULT([$GLIB_COMPILE_RESOURCES])
+ else
+     AC_MSG_ERROR([could not find glib-compile-resources in \$PATH. You can run
+@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ AC_MSG_CHECKING([for glib-genmarshal])
+ if test x"$GLIB_GENMARSHAL" = x""; then
+     GLIB_GENMARSHAL=`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=glib_genmarshal glib-2.0`
+ fi
+-if test -x "$GLIB_GENMARSHAL"; then
++if test -x "$(which $GLIB_GENMARSHAL)"; then
+     AC_MSG_RESULT([$GLIB_GENMARSHAL])
+ else
+     AC_MSG_ERROR([could not find glib-genmarshal in \$PATH. You can run
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-notifyd/xfce4-notifyd_0.6.3.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-notifyd/xfce4-notifyd_0.8.2.bb
similarity index 66%
rename from meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-notifyd/xfce4-notifyd_0.6.3.bb
rename to meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-notifyd/xfce4-notifyd_0.8.2.bb
index 6086608..7dbd90c 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-notifyd/xfce4-notifyd_0.6.3.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-notifyd/xfce4-notifyd_0.8.2.bb
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 SUMMARY = "Easily themable notification daemon with transparency effects"
-HOMEPAGE = "http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfce4-notifyd"
+HOMEPAGE = "https://docs.xfce.org/apps/notifyd/start"
 LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=94d55d512a9ba36caa9b7df079bae19f"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=b234ee4d69f5fce4486a80fdaf4a4263"
+
 DEPENDS = " \
-    dbus \
-    dbus-glib \
+    glib-2.0-native \
     libnotify \
     libxfce4util \
     libxfce4ui \
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@
 
 inherit xfce-app
 
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "56a9f895aed460042f2abe09bb1a899e29b7c7d5a76ecac63dead3ced990859f"
+SRC_URI:append = " file://xfce4-notifyd-get-var-abs-path.patch"
+
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "e3a28adb08daa1411135142a0d421e4d6050c4035a4e513a673a59460ff2ae84"
 
 # Avoid trouble with other desktops e.g KDE which also ships dbus service named
 # org.freedesktop.Notifications
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-screensaver/xfce4-screensaver/fix-cross-compile.patch b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-screensaver/xfce4-screensaver/fix-cross-compile.patch
index f726064..eabcaaa 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-screensaver/xfce4-screensaver/fix-cross-compile.patch
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-screensaver/xfce4-screensaver/fix-cross-compile.patch
@@ -6,11 +6,15 @@
 
 Signed-off-by: Kai Kang <kai.kang@windriver.com>
 
+---
+ configure.ac | 24 ++++++++++++------------
+ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
+
 diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
-index f0ec537..05c393d 100644
+index 6f149bb..3890677 100644
 --- a/configure.ac
 +++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -230,9 +230,9 @@ dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@@ -237,9 +237,9 @@ dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  #
  AC_DEFUN([AC_CHECK_X_HEADER], [
    ac_save_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
@@ -23,7 +27,7 @@
    CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $X_CFLAGS"
    AC_CHECK_HEADER([$1],[$2],[$3],[$4])
    CPPFLAGS="$ac_save_CPPFLAGS"])
-@@ -241,9 +241,9 @@ AC_DEFUN([AC_CHECK_X_HEADER], [
+@@ -248,9 +248,9 @@ AC_DEFUN([AC_CHECK_X_HEADER], [
  #
  AC_DEFUN([AC_TRY_X_COMPILE], [
    ac_save_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
@@ -34,9 +38,9 @@
 +#    CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I$includedir"
 +#  fi
    CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $X_CFLAGS"
-   AC_TRY_COMPILE([$1], [$2], [$3], [$4])
+   AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[$1]], [[$2]])], [$3], [$4])
    CPPFLAGS="$ac_save_CPPFLAGS"])
-@@ -257,15 +257,15 @@ AC_DEFUN([AC_CHECK_X_LIB], [
+@@ -264,15 +264,15 @@ AC_DEFUN([AC_CHECK_X_LIB], [
    ac_save_LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
  #  ac_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
  
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-screensaver/xfce4-screensaver_4.16.0.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-screensaver/xfce4-screensaver_4.18.1.bb
similarity index 90%
rename from meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-screensaver/xfce4-screensaver_4.16.0.bb
rename to meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-screensaver/xfce4-screensaver_4.18.1.bb
index 685c4c1..2c5cba0 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-screensaver/xfce4-screensaver_4.16.0.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-screensaver/xfce4-screensaver_4.18.1.bb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 inherit xfce-app
 
 SRC_URI:append = " file://fix-cross-compile.patch"
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "6d4d143e3e62db679ce83ce7da97903390773ee0a8ceb05ff4c3dac36616268d"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "b731e8abd68a18cc5d3b523351aa8f9f293c9f63290c1781c9155259deb04a5c"
 
 do_install:append() {
     install -D -m 0644 ${S}/data/xfce4-screensaver.common-auth ${D}${sysconfdir}/pam.d/xfce4-screensaver
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-screenshooter/xfce4-screenshooter_1.9.10.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-screenshooter/xfce4-screenshooter_1.10.3.bb
similarity index 65%
rename from meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-screenshooter/xfce4-screenshooter_1.9.10.bb
rename to meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-screenshooter/xfce4-screenshooter_1.10.3.bb
index bb44ec7..10427da 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-screenshooter/xfce4-screenshooter_1.9.10.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-screenshooter/xfce4-screenshooter_1.10.3.bb
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 SUMMARY = "Application to take screenshots"
-HOMEPAGE = "http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfce4-screenshooter"
+HOMEPAGE = "https://docs.xfce.org/apps/xfce4-screenshooter/start"
 SECTION = "x11/application"
 LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=d791728a073bc009b4ffaf00b7599855"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=b234ee4d69f5fce4486a80fdaf4a4263"
 DEPENDS = "xfce4-panel libxfce4util libxfce4ui gdk-pixbuf gtk+3 glib-2.0 libsoup-2.4 exo libxfixes xext virtual/libx11 libxml-parser-perl-native"
 
 inherit xfce-app perlnative
 
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "04b4178527f5b98cfe76ae427e95581067edf262a530639d332f6db9a68292d7"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "a454159847becfeca274a5b58c0e5817d4a260a29345a37bbc3b4ff46f8f3818"
 
 do_compile:prepend() {
     mkdir -p lib
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-taskmanager/xfce4-taskmanager_1.5.2.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-taskmanager/xfce4-taskmanager_1.5.2.bb
deleted file mode 100644
index a3d10cd..0000000
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-taskmanager/xfce4-taskmanager_1.5.2.bb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-SUMMARY = "Easy to use task manager"
-LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=94d55d512a9ba36caa9b7df079bae19f"
-
-inherit xfce-app
-
-DEPENDS += "gtk+3 cairo libwnck libxfce4ui libxmu xfce4-dev-tools-native"
-
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "bd25143f47a29000b4148874863dffa521b1a37cb01dbc026f423ea3160f9a35"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-taskmanager/xfce4-taskmanager_1.5.5.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-taskmanager/xfce4-taskmanager_1.5.5.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..802d6af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-taskmanager/xfce4-taskmanager_1.5.5.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+SUMMARY = "Easy to use task manager"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=b234ee4d69f5fce4486a80fdaf4a4263"
+
+inherit xfce-app
+
+DEPENDS += "gtk+3 cairo libwnck libxfce4ui libxmu xfce4-dev-tools-native"
+
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "f64f01ba241a0b8bbf2ed3274e5decc2313c9f8b0e4d160db3ba69b331558ae5"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-terminal/xfce4-terminal_1.0.0.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-terminal/xfce4-terminal_1.0.4.bb
similarity index 79%
rename from meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-terminal/xfce4-terminal_1.0.0.bb
rename to meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-terminal/xfce4-terminal_1.0.4.bb
index 85b0812..edb0c61 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-terminal/xfce4-terminal_1.0.0.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-terminal/xfce4-terminal_1.0.4.bb
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
     ${datadir}/gnome-control-center \
 "
 
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "593b6a7bd9b18851e51854e075990109b7896a22713b5dd8b913b23f21db6576"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "78e55957af7c6fc1f283e90be33988661593a4da98383da1b0b54fdf6554baf4"
 
 RRECOMMENDS:${PN} += "vte-prompt"