diff --git a/perl/zef/zef.SlackBuild b/perl/zef/zef.SlackBuild
index ea06ab6285..3409f59e13 100644
--- a/perl/zef/zef.SlackBuild
+++ b/perl/zef/zef.SlackBuild
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 
 PRGNAM=zef
-VERSION=${VERSION:-0.5.1}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-0.5.3}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/perl/zef/zef.info b/perl/zef/zef.info
index 8d3c83404c..90277ad806 100644
--- a/perl/zef/zef.info
+++ b/perl/zef/zef.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="zef"
-VERSION="0.5.1"
+VERSION="0.5.3"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/ugexe/zef"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/ugexe/zef/archive/v0.5.1/zef-0.5.1.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="dbb91cea4195bae986ea4da1bc27842f"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/ugexe/zef/archive/v0.5.3/zef-0.5.3.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="6aff5b936ef124f66c90fe0146ec0fc6"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="rakudo"