diff --git a/srcpkgs/vim/template b/srcpkgs/vim/template
index 67f6108130..1e7e36c5da 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vim/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/vim/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'vim'
 pkgname=vim
-_distver=7.3
-_patchver=1287
+_distver=7.4
+_patchver=016
 version=${_distver}.${_patchver}
 revision=1
 hostmakedepends="mercurial pkg-config"
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ license="GPL-2"
 
 do_fetch() {
 	local url="http://code.google.com/p/vim/"
-	hg clone -u v7-3-${_patchver} ${url} ${pkgname}-${version}
+	hg clone -u v${_distver/./-}-${_patchver} ${url} ${pkgname}-${version}
 }
 
 pre_configure() {