diff --git a/x11/rxvt-unicode/rxvt-unicode.desc b/x11/rxvt-unicode/rxvt-unicode.desc
index 1f71ef250..a3d30d800 100644
--- a/x11/rxvt-unicode/rxvt-unicode.desc
+++ b/x11/rxvt-unicode/rxvt-unicode.desc
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 8.4
+[V] 8.5a
 [P] X -----5---9 165.700
 
-[D] 3222565061 rxvt-unicode-8.4.tar.bz2 http://dist.schmorp.de/rxvt-unicode/
+[D] 3395530830 rxvt-unicode-8.5a.tar.bz2 http://dist.schmorp.de/rxvt-unicode/