diff --git a/srcpkgs/mercurial/template b/srcpkgs/mercurial/template
index 813e71608ef..2a8d1c3110d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mercurial/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mercurial/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'mercurial'
 pkgname=mercurial
-version=5.2.2
+version=5.3.1
 revision=1
 build_style=python3-module
 hostmakedepends="python3 python3-setuptools python3-devel"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://www.mercurial-scm.org/"
 distfiles="https://www.mercurial-scm.org/release/mercurial-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=ffc5ff47488c7b5dae6ead3d99f08ef469500d6567592a25311838320106c03b
+checksum=f7c1f96de2199d6b38593ea865f08c0521fbd8e2fd52bd332414bf9fe5bf72d9
 
 post_install() {
 	for i in doc/*.1 doc/*.8 doc/*.5 ; do