diff --git a/package/base/texinfo/texinfo.desc b/package/base/texinfo/texinfo.desc
index 3b928e0b3..8c7ee3bde 100644
--- a/package/base/texinfo/texinfo.desc
+++ b/package/base/texinfo/texinfo.desc
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 4.8
+[V] 4.8a
 [P] X -1-3-----9 106.800
 
-[D] 4124647643 texinfo-4.8.tar.gz ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/texinfo/
+[D] 1304582758 texinfo-4.8a.tar.gz ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/texinfo/