diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/cvs-fast-export/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/cvs-fast-export/default.nix
index 1556f26d1354..5d3c3976f3ff 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/cvs-fast-export/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/cvs-fast-export/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ with stdenv; with lib;
 mkDerivation rec {
   name = "cvs-fast-export-${meta.version}";
   meta = {
-    version = "1.51";
+    version = "1.53";
     description = "Export an RCS or CVS history as a fast-import stream";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ dfoxfranke ];
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://www.catb.org/~esr/cvs-fast-export/cvs-fast-export-1.51.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0nn5cf8syb5nbjvkn8w561pk25clv187h4hs9pnc700g9w56chzf";
+    url = "http://www.catb.org/~esr/cvs-fast-export/cvs-fast-export-1.53.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "01zda8qbi9cm2p23cxw0h5cx55ysr0v7dzzbpx9qa19wpv75kisb";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [