diff --git a/package/python-simplesqlite/python-simplesqlite.hash b/package/python-simplesqlite/python-simplesqlite.hash
index 8060437718..a17f20ff97 100644
--- a/package/python-simplesqlite/python-simplesqlite.hash
+++ b/package/python-simplesqlite/python-simplesqlite.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/simplesqlite/json
-md5  a907352592539345bf8145c3e39015cb  SimpleSQLite-1.5.2.tar.gz
-sha256  f9a25b9e43d7aa28f551d170a42cfae10139c5c81a1bcb8776f857816ef5ae0f  SimpleSQLite-1.5.2.tar.gz
+md5  a80e1e92454eac4c33c684c9f2a7f4a8  simplesqlite-1.5.3.tar.gz
+sha256  b0841881422107fc1bd26f8393e6a114b0fc54dc9bb74282556dd6e055ed06c5  simplesqlite-1.5.3.tar.gz
 # Locally computed sha256 checksums
-sha256  a93d75bcb0774e2990106380cadad6dcb2de193c55d435ffc56ba345a08b1dc2  LICENSE
+sha256  130a35b917df1951aefbf366120491d5124045a87ded123f20ded21521f4e3a2  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/python-simplesqlite/python-simplesqlite.mk b/package/python-simplesqlite/python-simplesqlite.mk
index d8efe23a6c..81399b9941 100644
--- a/package/python-simplesqlite/python-simplesqlite.mk
+++ b/package/python-simplesqlite/python-simplesqlite.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_SIMPLESQLITE_VERSION = 1.5.2
-PYTHON_SIMPLESQLITE_SOURCE = SimpleSQLite-$(PYTHON_SIMPLESQLITE_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_SIMPLESQLITE_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/c8/07/92e3291fda6f1bbf6e7ff4721d87566e1615572d9c205ef64398c5d22efe
+PYTHON_SIMPLESQLITE_VERSION = 1.5.3
+PYTHON_SIMPLESQLITE_SOURCE = simplesqlite-$(PYTHON_SIMPLESQLITE_VERSION).tar.gz
+PYTHON_SIMPLESQLITE_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/59/a8/c8f4af95618dda725d91a081476036656fbf3660bb6f1728d1a5d088d6cc
 PYTHON_SIMPLESQLITE_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
 PYTHON_SIMPLESQLITE_LICENSE = MIT
 PYTHON_SIMPLESQLITE_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE