diff --git a/srcpkgs/subversion/template b/srcpkgs/subversion/template
index b4aadf4c004..f1cbdc7e05b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/subversion/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/subversion/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'subversion'
 pkgname=subversion
 version=1.8.9
-revision=1
+revision=2
 short_desc="Enterprise-class centralized version control for the masses"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="Apache-2.0, BSD"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ checksum=45d708a5c3ffbef4b2a1044c4716a053e680763743d1f7ba99d0369f6da49e33
 
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 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
+ libldap-devel serf-devel>=1.3.6 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"
 depends="ca-certificates"