diff --git a/groovy/groovy.spec b/groovy/groovy.spec
index 3ac84f66c8..37892ff9e1 100644
--- a/groovy/groovy.spec
+++ b/groovy/groovy.spec
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ Distribution: OpenPKG Community
 Class:        PLUS
 Group:        Language
 License:      BSD-style
-Version:      2.5.2
-Release:      20180814
+Version:      2.5.3
+Release:      20181014
 
 #   list of sources
 Source0:      http://dl.bintray.com/groovy/maven/apache-groovy-binary-%{version}.zip