diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 5afa4855f6..1574a1a65e 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ export -f as_root</userinput></screen>
 <!ENTITY ruby-version                 "2.0.0">
 <!ENTITY ruby-patch-version           "247">
 <!ENTITY slang-version                "2.2.4">
-<!ENTITY subversion-version           "1.8.0">
+<!ENTITY subversion-version           "1.8.1">
 <!ENTITY tcl-version                  "8.6.0">
 <!ENTITY tk-version                   "8.6.0">
 <!ENTITY vala-major-version           "0.20">
diff --git a/general/prog/subversion.xml b/general/prog/subversion.xml
index 96700b0f43..e979921284 100644
--- a/general/prog/subversion.xml
+++ b/general/prog/subversion.xml
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
   <!ENTITY subversion-download-http
   "http://archive.apache.org/dist/subversion/subversion-&subversion-version;.tar.bz2">
   <!ENTITY subversion-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY subversion-md5sum        "f053a9948dfe5c70eff5c00509723214">
-  <!ENTITY subversion-size          "6.4 MB">
+  <!ENTITY subversion-md5sum        "f2ee0471b8a560f5efa0f2349d9c9ab9">
+  <!ENTITY subversion-size          "6.5 MB">
   <!ENTITY subversion-buildsize     "132 MB  (additional 780 MB for tests)">
   <!ENTITY subversion-time          "1.1 SBU (additional 7 SBU for tests)">
 ]>
diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index 5358b02e61..f8b49d00d1 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>July 24th, 2013</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[igor] - Subversion-1.8.1.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[bdubbs] - Update to libnice-0.1.4.</para>
         </listitem>