diff --git a/src/freetds.mk b/src/freetds.mk
index 44113dab..62800b1e 100644
--- a/src/freetds.mk
+++ b/src/freetds.mk
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ PKG             := freetds
 $(PKG)_WEBSITE  := http://www.freetds.org/
 $(PKG)_DESCR    := FreeTDS
 $(PKG)_IGNORE   :=
-$(PKG)_VERSION  := 1.00.81
-$(PKG)_CHECKSUM := 76e8d97dfb36924c4e7815470c9de521a86014f842d868f269dfd3054feed543
+$(PKG)_VERSION  := 1.00.82
+$(PKG)_CHECKSUM := ccc6d3df74096cfc3b8d169e5483f5cfa3e58f1bb82ec144ba490c140661ec6a
 $(PKG)_SUBDIR   := $(PKG)-$($(PKG)_VERSION)
 $(PKG)_FILE     := $(PKG)-$($(PKG)_VERSION).tar.bz2
 $(PKG)_URL      := ftp://ftp.freetds.org/pub/$(PKG)/stable/$($(PKG)_FILE)
diff --git a/src/gsoap.mk b/src/gsoap.mk
index 742c1ee5..4806a611 100644
--- a/src/gsoap.mk
+++ b/src/gsoap.mk
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ PKG             := gsoap
 $(PKG)_WEBSITE  := https://www.genivia.com/dev.html
 $(PKG)_DESCR    := gSOAP
 $(PKG)_IGNORE   :=
-$(PKG)_VERSION  := 2.8.62
-$(PKG)_CHECKSUM := 477b349a4cd9f27adde31e598b185910788e7a493d52e3eb599768cccb5519c2
+$(PKG)_VERSION  := 2.8.63
+$(PKG)_CHECKSUM := c6bbd6cd4290136db77649dd709e7d42dfd7625116487350d5ed6b799b02b72d
 $(PKG)_SUBDIR   := gsoap-$(call SHORT_PKG_VERSION,$(PKG))
 $(PKG)_FILE     := gsoap_$($(PKG)_VERSION).zip
 $(PKG)_URL      := https://$(SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR)/project/gsoap2/gsoap-$(call SHORT_PKG_VERSION,$(PKG))/$($(PKG)_FILE)
diff --git a/src/libevent-1-fixes.patch b/src/libevent-1-fixes.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6a111469..00000000
--- a/src/libevent-1-fixes.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-This file is part of MXE. See LICENSE.md for licensing information.
-
-Contains ad hoc patches for cross building.
-
-From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: "fix@me" <fix@me>
-Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:17:52 +1000
-Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix obsolete AM_CONFIG_HEADER
-
-
-diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
-index 1111111..2222222 100644
---- a/configure.in
-+++ b/configure.in
-@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ AC_INIT(event.c)
- AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
- 
- AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(libevent,2.0.21-stable)
--AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
-+AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(config.h)
- AC_DEFINE(NUMERIC_VERSION, 0x02001500, [Numeric representation of the version])
- 
- dnl Initialize prefix.
-
-From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: "fix@me" <fix@me>
-Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:02:55 +1000
-Subject: [PATCH 2/2] remove broken test specification
-
-
-diff --git a/test/Makefile.am b/test/Makefile.am
-index 1111111..2222222 100644
---- a/test/Makefile.am
-+++ b/test/Makefile.am
-@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ endif
- EXTRA_PROGRAMS = regress
- noinst_HEADERS = tinytest.h tinytest_macros.h regress.h tinytest_local.h
- 
--TESTS = $(top_srcdir)/test/test.sh
- 
- BUILT_SOURCES =
- if BUILD_REGRESS
diff --git a/src/libevent.mk b/src/libevent.mk
index 16c9a76b..844a8a2a 100644
--- a/src/libevent.mk
+++ b/src/libevent.mk
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 PKG             := libevent
 $(PKG)_WEBSITE  := http://libevent.org/
 $(PKG)_IGNORE   :=
-$(PKG)_VERSION  := 2.0.21
-$(PKG)_CHECKSUM := 872b7cdc199ead2edd9f0d1e93b4d900e67d892c014545bd3314b3ae49505eff
+$(PKG)_VERSION  := 2.1.8
+$(PKG)_CHECKSUM := 316ddb401745ac5d222d7c529ef1eada12f58f6376a66c1118eee803cb70f83d
 $(PKG)_GH_CONF  := libevent/libevent/tags, release-, -stable
 $(PKG)_DEPS     := cc openssl
 
diff --git a/src/sqlcipher.mk b/src/sqlcipher.mk
index 29abb989..96b4e08a 100644
--- a/src/sqlcipher.mk
+++ b/src/sqlcipher.mk
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ PKG             := sqlcipher
 $(PKG)_WEBSITE  := https://www.zetetic.net/sqlcipher/
 $(PKG)_DESCR    := SQLite extension that provides 256 bit AES encryption of database files
 $(PKG)_IGNORE   :=
-$(PKG)_VERSION  := 3.4.1
-$(PKG)_CHECKSUM := 4172cc6e5a79d36e178d36bd5cc467a938e08368952659bcd95eccbaf0fa4ad4
+$(PKG)_VERSION  := 3.4.2
+$(PKG)_CHECKSUM := 69897a5167f34e8a84c7069f1b283aba88cdfa8ec183165c4a5da2c816cfaadb
 $(PKG)_GH_CONF  := sqlcipher/sqlcipher/tags, v
 $(PKG)_DEPS     := cc openssl readline $(BUILD)~tcl
 
diff --git a/src/subversion.mk b/src/subversion.mk
index 74af904a..80becf08 100644
--- a/src/subversion.mk
+++ b/src/subversion.mk
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 PKG             := subversion
 $(PKG)_WEBSITE  := https://subversion.apache.org/
 $(PKG)_IGNORE   :=
-$(PKG)_VERSION  := 1.9.4
-$(PKG)_CHECKSUM := 1267f9e2ab983f260623bee841e6c9cc458bf4bf776238ed5f100983f79e9299
+$(PKG)_VERSION  := 1.9.7
+$(PKG)_CHECKSUM := c3b118333ce12e501d509e66bb0a47bcc34d053990acab45559431ac3e491623
 $(PKG)_SUBDIR   := $(PKG)-$($(PKG)_VERSION)
 $(PKG)_FILE     := $(PKG)-$($(PKG)_VERSION).tar.bz2
 $(PKG)_URL      := https://archive.apache.org/dist/subversion/$($(PKG)_FILE)