diff --git a/pkgs/games/dwarf-fortress/dfhack/default.nix b/pkgs/games/dwarf-fortress/dfhack/default.nix
index 71938874057..ca64045b185 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/dwarf-fortress/dfhack/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/dwarf-fortress/dfhack/default.nix
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 
 let
   dfVersion = "0.44.05";
-  version = "${dfVersion}-alpha1";
+  version = "${dfVersion}-r2";
   rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
   sha256 = "1hr3qsx7rd36syw7dfp4lh8kpmz1pvva757za2yn34hj1jm4nh52";
 
   # revision of library/xml submodule
-  xmlRev = "3a9f401d196ee8ebc53edb9e15a13bfcb0879b4e";
+  xmlRev = "2794f8a6d7405d4858bac486a0bb17b94740c142";
 
   arch =
     if stdenv.system == "x86_64-linux" then "64"