diff --git a/tor-versions.json b/tor-versions.json
index ea1b77a625e1c8aa60e38e8a53f608d761527c82..e5f0d00cb8e8193c4561584b1637cce3a3b48c3a 100644
--- a/tor-versions.json
+++ b/tor-versions.json
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
       "url": "https://code.briarproject.org/briar/tor-browser-build.git",
       "commit": "tor-0.4.8.13",
       "tor-browser": "14.0.2",
-      "libevent": "2.1.12",
+      "libevent": "2.1.7",
       "reproduce-upstream": true
     },
     "timestamp": "201001010000.00"