diff --git a/diffstat/.md5sum b/diffstat/.md5sum
index 22eed1879..72c1e1a56 100644
--- a/diffstat/.md5sum
+++ b/diffstat/.md5sum
@@ -1 +1 @@
-a7d3fd1ba2a9a6c9e2b32e867b5e8792  diffstat-1.51.tgz
+0631010aa598a8011259749dd882936a  diffstat-1.53.tgz
diff --git a/diffstat/Pkgfile b/diffstat/Pkgfile
index 5ccf21e96..f894d5cf0 100644
--- a/diffstat/Pkgfile
+++ b/diffstat/Pkgfile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Maintainer: Tilman Sauerbeck, tilman at crux dot nu
 
 name=diffstat
-version=1.51
+version=1.53
 release=1
 source=(ftp://invisible-island.net/$name/$name-$version.tgz)