diff --git a/video/directfb/directfb.desc b/video/directfb/directfb.desc
index c22458cb3..2b53cbbbe 100644
--- a/video/directfb/directfb.desc
+++ b/video/directfb/directfb.desc
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 1.4.16
+[V] 1.5.3
 [P] X -----5---9 136.400
 
-[D] 2420231521 DirectFB-1.4.16.tar.gz http://www.directfb.org/downloads/Core/DirectFB-1.4/
+[D] 638930159 DirectFB-1.5.3.tar.gz http://www.directfb.org/downloads/Core/DirectFB-1.5/