diff --git a/config/rootfiles/common/readline-compat b/config/rootfiles/common/readline-compat
index 1ff73257c..9ef128a47 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/common/readline-compat
+++ b/config/rootfiles/common/readline-compat
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-lib/libhistory.so.5
-lib/libhistory.so.5.2
-lib/libreadline.so.5
-lib/libreadline.so.5.2
+lib/libhistory.so.6
+lib/libhistory.so.6.3
+lib/libreadline.so.6
+lib/libreadline.so.6.3
diff --git a/lfs/readline-compat b/lfs/readline-compat
index e7a49c306..248f522c4 100644
--- a/lfs/readline-compat
+++ b/lfs/readline-compat
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ###############################################################################
 #                                                                             #
 # IPFire.org - A linux based firewall                                         #
-# Copyright (C) 2007-2018  IPFire Team  <info@ipfire.org>                     #
+# Copyright (C) 2007-2019  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        #
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 include Config
 
-VER        = 5.2
+VER        = 6.3
 
 THISAPP    = readline-$(VER)
 DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.gz
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ objects = $(DL_FILE)
 
 $(DL_FILE) = $(DL_FROM)/$(DL_FILE)
 
-$(DL_FILE)_MD5 = e39331f32ad14009b9ff49cc10c5e751
+$(DL_FILE)_MD5 = 33c8fb279e981274f485fd91da77e94a
 
 install : $(TARGET)
 
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ $(TARGET) : $(patsubst %,$(DIR_DL)/%,$(objects))
 	@rm -rf $(DIR_APP) && cd $(DIR_SRC) && tar zxf $(DIR_DL)/$(DL_FILE)
 	$(UPDATE_AUTOMAKE)
 
-	for i in $$(seq 1 14); do \
-		cd $(DIR_APP) && patch -Np0 < $(DIR_SRC)/src/patches/readline/readline52-$$(printf "%03d" "$${i}") || exit 1; \
+	for i in $$(seq 1 6); do \
+		cd $(DIR_APP) && patch -Np0 < $(DIR_SRC)/src/patches/readline/readline63-$$(printf "%03d" "$${i}") || exit 1; \
 	done
 
 	cd $(DIR_APP) && ./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/lib --disable-static
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ $(TARGET) : $(patsubst %,$(DIR_DL)/%,$(objects))
 
 	cd $(DIR_APP)/shlib && install -m 755 libreadline.so.$(VER) /lib
 	cd $(DIR_APP)/shlib && install -m 755 libhistory.so.$(VER) /lib
-	ln -svf libreadline.so.$(VER) /lib/libreadline.so.5
-	ln -svf libhistory.so.$(VER) /lib/libhistory.so.5
+	ln -svf libreadline.so.$(VER) /lib/libreadline.so.6
+	ln -svf libhistory.so.$(VER) /lib/libhistory.so.6
 	@rm -rf $(DIR_APP)
 	@$(POSTBUILD)