diff --git a/subversion-python/.md5sum b/subversion-python/.md5sum
index bfb7cf3ba..71eeef2b5 100644
--- a/subversion-python/.md5sum
+++ b/subversion-python/.md5sum
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4088a77e14232876c9b4ff1541e6e200  subversion-1.7.10.tar.bz2
+7d7bd97347a4491e1ffb529563ce2e9e  subversion-1.8.3.tar.bz2
diff --git a/subversion-python/Pkgfile b/subversion-python/Pkgfile
index d5463ecc1..dd71f9afa 100644
--- a/subversion-python/Pkgfile
+++ b/subversion-python/Pkgfile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # Depends on: subversion swig
 
 name=subversion-python
-version=1.7.10
+version=1.8.3
 release=1
 source=(http://www.apache.org/dist/subversion/subversion-$version.tar.bz2)