diff --git a/srcpkgs/subversion/template b/srcpkgs/subversion/template
index 084f7a6f70..ca0c0cb5ec 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/subversion/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/subversion/template
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 # Template file for 'subversion'
 pkgname=subversion
-version=1.8.3
+version=1.8.5
 revision=1
 short_desc="Enterprise-class centralized version control for the masses"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="Apache-2.0, BSD"
 homepage="http://subversion.apache.org/"
 distfiles="http://apache.rediris.es/subversion/subversion-${version}.tar.bz2"
-checksum=fd8817b3d96530dfcc7f0a0b5d42f80f2b704ed23aaab580b72a146383d6271b
+checksum=fd522bf1ecda1c09426ed6c436f0744ab95c31702b0904add089864c73ee7564
 
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
-makedepends="db-devel>=5.3 perl>=5.16 python-devel swig apr-util-devel
+makedepends="db-devel>=5.3 perl>=5.18 python-devel swig apr-util-devel
  libldap-devel serf-devel gdbm-devel expat-devel apr-devel libuuid-devel
  sqlite-devel libsasl-devel dbus-devel libgnome-keyring-devel glib-devel
  qt-devel kdelibs-devel apache-devel ca-certificates"