diff --git a/bin/mkrelease b/bin/mkrelease
index 89a61f022..f94eddda9 100755
--- a/bin/mkrelease
+++ b/bin/mkrelease
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ $do svn commit $VERFILE $SETTINGS -m "Set version info and settings back to deve
 note "\nCreating new tag 'tags/dev/$DEV' from $SRC"
 $do svn cp $REPO/$SRC $REPO/tags/dev/$DEV -m "Creating new tag 'tags/dev/$DEV' from $SRC"
 
-$do svn update
+$do svn update -q
 
 echo "
 Hi,