diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/ids/bro/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/ids/bro/default.nix
index 7ae3e8c73611..577252bc69e0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/ids/bro/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/ids/bro/default.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 , geoip, gperftools, python, swig }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "bro-2.5.2";
+  name = "bro-2.5.3";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://www.bro.org/downloads/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0w5rynw278nl6pdl5s7gsmxjwkl6z1g5pcm6byg930k26yyb35db";
+    sha256 = "09b227j1c0ggihbhbyphd7lnh26mpz07z1s0h148dg6fwqagm13k";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake flex bison file ];