diff --git a/direvent/direvent.spec b/direvent/direvent.spec
index bc76f1b186..e5ac2cf7bf 100644
--- a/direvent/direvent.spec
+++ b/direvent/direvent.spec
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ Distribution: OpenPKG Community
 Class:        EVAL
 Group:        Filesystem
 License:      GPL
-Version:      5.2
-Release:      20190715
+Version:      5.3
+Release:      20211231
 
 #   list of sources
 Source0:      http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/direvent/direvent-%{version}.tar.gz