diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/subversion-1.2.x/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/subversion-1.2.x/default.nix
index ca0a24f1f150..a8c35da99693 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/subversion-1.2.x/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/subversion-1.2.x/default.nix
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ assert javahlBindings -> j2sdk != null;
 assert compressionSupport -> zlib != null;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "subversion-1.2.0-pre-rc3";
+  name = "subversion-1.2.0-pre-rc4";
 
   builder = ./builder.sh;
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://subversion.tigris.org/downloads/subversion-1.2.0-rc3.tar.bz2;
-    md5 = "8092bf7b3bc895ee49e5ec63060b89aa";
+    url = http://subversion.tigris.org/downloads/subversion-1.2.0-rc4.tar.bz2;
+    md5 = "7913900ef3d92afcbdf63a3163574798";
   };
 
   # This is a hopefully temporary fix for the problem that