diff --git a/config/rootfiles/common/gawk b/config/rootfiles/common/gawk
index 195d744ee..5cb380ec8 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/common/gawk
+++ b/config/rootfiles/common/gawk
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 usr/bin/awk
 usr/bin/gawk
-usr/bin/gawk-5.3.0
+usr/bin/gawk-5.3.1
 usr/bin/gawkbug
 usr/etc/profile.d
 usr/etc/profile.d/gawk.csh
diff --git a/lfs/gawk b/lfs/gawk
index 3a84db3ed..a3671882f 100644
--- a/lfs/gawk
+++ b/lfs/gawk
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ###############################################################################
 #                                                                             #
 # IPFire.org - A linux based firewall                                         #
-# Copyright (C) 2007-2023  IPFire Team  <info@ipfire.org>                     #
+# Copyright (C) 2007-2024  IPFire Team  <info@ipfire.org>                     #
 #                                                                             #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify        #
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by        #
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 include Config
 
-VER        = 5.3.0
+VER        = 5.3.1
 
 THISAPP    = gawk-$(VER)
 DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.xz
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ objects = $(DL_FILE)
 
 $(DL_FILE) = $(DL_FROM)/$(DL_FILE)
 
-$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = 1bab754626a51679e4d6fe4552bc965f402a51d176eab30686bf19c74085fd15507b51514c3c46d38f68d3e98da4326c138411abe12e4d8793cec617b2533f3c
+$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = be9132324344c0b052e954e004a942ff7c6b14b86b73cda491d7a33485f60341be4d8da1a06d1d7a27445b9b39a528bcce3eee9c2a3f8756de21bdc57a33f54d
 
 install : $(TARGET)