diff --git a/perl-BerkeleyDB.spec b/perl-BerkeleyDB.spec
index 8bfb3b9..397b708 100644
--- a/perl-BerkeleyDB.spec
+++ b/perl-BerkeleyDB.spec
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 %global db_ver %(sed '/DB_VERSION_STRING/!d;s/.*Berkeley DB[[:space:]]*\\([^:]*\\):.*/\\1/' /usr/include/db.h 2>/dev/null || echo 4.0.0)
 
 Name:           perl-BerkeleyDB
-Version:        0.52
-Release:        3%{?dist}
+Version:        0.53
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Interface to Berkeley DB
 License:        GPL+ or Artistic
 Group:          Development/Libraries
@@ -85,6 +85,11 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_mandir}/man3/BerkeleyDB.3pm*
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Aug 16 2013 Paul Howarth <paul@city-fan.org> 0.53-1
+- Update to 0.53
+  - BerkeleyDB 0.52 failed to build on 5.18.1RC3 (CPAN RT#87771)
+  - Typo fixes (CPAN RT#86705)
+
 * Sat Aug 03 2013 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.52-3
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_20_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 6b9dfc5..0408bae 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-e1031f4cd3062fdb1597af4373789d79  BerkeleyDB-0.52.tar.gz
+899c6967316c7a36b1d5b6a4c7ffbb02  BerkeleyDB-0.53.tar.gz