diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 3735e99e32d..1de1ba4c596 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -9907,13 +9907,13 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
     };
   };
 
-  SVNSimple = buildPerlPackage {
-    name = "SVN-Simple-0.27";
+  SVNSimple = buildPerlPackage rec {
+    name = "SVN-Simple-0.28";
     src = fetchurl {
-      url = mirror://cpan/authors/id/C/CL/CLKAO/SVN-Simple-0.27.tar.gz;
-      sha256 = "0p7p52ja6sf4j0w3b05i0bbqi5wiambckw2m5dsr63bbmlhv4a71";
+      url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/C/CL/CLKAO/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "1ysgi38zx236cxz539k6d6rw5z0vc70rrglsaf5fk6rnwilw2g6n";
     };
-    propagatedBuildInputs = [pkgs.subversion];
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ pkgs.subversionClient ];
   };
 
   Switch = buildPerlPackage rec {