diff --git a/tor-versions.json b/tor-versions.json
index 2ac01d2e00eb137afe8e9a8145a6b2b300be4599..cbf6a6e9c4761d3db617d8d570b7d74dfe75e0db 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-0.4.8.9",
       "libevent": "2.1.7",
-      "reproduce-upstream": false
+      "reproduce-upstream": true
     },
     "timestamp": "201001010000.00"
   },