diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/sawja/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/sawja/default.nix
index b6c66c82811d..92d9cef351bf 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/sawja/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/sawja/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ assert stdenv.lib.versionAtLeast (stdenv.lib.getVersion ocaml) "3.12";
 
 let
   pname = "sawja";
-  version = "1.5.2";
+  version = "1.5.3";
   webpage = "http://sawja.inria.fr/";
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "ocaml${ocaml.version}-${pname}-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = https://gforge.inria.fr/frs/download.php/file/36093/sawja-1.5.2.tar.bz2;
-    sha256 = "12046arkxiy4gf1s17hyc0yzydjzpzwqxn13sbkbxl8xzvmankx4";
+    url = https://gforge.inria.fr/frs/download.php/file/37403/sawja-1.5.3.tar.bz2;
+    sha256 = "17vfknr126vfhpmr14j75sg8r47xz7pw7fba4nsdw3k7rq43vcn2";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ which perl ocaml findlib camlp4 ];