diff --git a/python/stem/stem.SlackBuild b/python/stem/stem.SlackBuild
index 099efac09f..5fc8ed8973 100644
--- a/python/stem/stem.SlackBuild
+++ b/python/stem/stem.SlackBuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Slackware build script for stem
 
-# Copyright 2013-2015 Markus Reichelt, Stolberg (Rhld.), DE
+# Copyright 2013-2016 Markus Reichelt, Aachen, DE
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@
 # Markus Reichelt <slackbuilds@mareichelt.de>, 0xCCEEF115
 
 PRGNAM=stem
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.4.0}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.5.3}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
 if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
   case "$( uname -m )" in
-    i?86) ARCH=i486 ;;
+    i?86) ARCH=i586 ;;
     arm*) ARCH=arm ;;
        *) ARCH=$( uname -m ) ;;
   esac
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
 PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
 OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
 
-if [ "$ARCH" = "i486" ]; then
-  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i486 -mtune=i686"
+if [ "$ARCH" = "i586" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i586 -mtune=i686"
   LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
 elif [ "$ARCH" = "i686" ]; then
   SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -mtune=i686"
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ rm -rf $PKG
 mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
 cd $TMP
 rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
-tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.bz2
+tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz
 cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 chown -R root:root .
 find -L . \
diff --git a/python/stem/stem.info b/python/stem/stem.info
index 97532a902d..c543a4da54 100644
--- a/python/stem/stem.info
+++ b/python/stem/stem.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="stem"
-VERSION="1.4.0"
+VERSION="1.5.3"
 HOMEPAGE="https://stem.torproject.org/"
-DOWNLOAD="https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/s/stem/stem-1.4.0.tar.bz2"
-MD5SUM="d574b191c394dd698fb25d6402ba4777"
+DOWNLOAD="https://pypi.python.org/packages/ff/74/34d2235cd218356359ee746cf0e1aed1ebbc32151b7a4f000746e29366de/stem-1.5.3.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="abdb1aeedca54b1a3edf8eed76dc13af"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""