diff --git a/libxls-1.5.2.tar.gz b/libxls-1.5.2.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index f5ee7ad..0000000
--- a/libxls-1.5.2.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:8d7e52d96ccc6c498e5de78c1988d9838d914eeeb94ac60208378340bd6e6aaa
-size 443227
diff --git a/libxls-1.5.3.tar.gz b/libxls-1.5.3.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..38ec43a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libxls-1.5.3.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:d552d4f34f2691e73bb988fcc5ead8cefd8c0c4b8fcc56273f10177cf9088566
+size 442217
diff --git a/libxls.changes b/libxls.changes
index f38aa4b..ea919e3 100644
--- a/libxls.changes
+++ b/libxls.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Aug 25 15:54:47 UTC 2020 - Dirk Mueller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- update to 1.5.3:
+  * Allow truncated XLS files
+  * Fix long-standing "extra column" bug #73
+  * Support for RSTRING records (rich-text cells in older
+    BIFF5 files) tidyverse/readxl#611 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Dec  1 21:01:30 UTC 2019 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
 
diff --git a/libxls.spec b/libxls.spec
index b6fe31b..d17a5fb 100644
--- a/libxls.spec
+++ b/libxls.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package libxls
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2019 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2020 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 Name:           libxls
 %define lname libxlsreader1
-Version:        1.5.2
+Version:        1.5.3
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Library for Parsing Excel (XLS) Files
 License:        BSD-2-Clause
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ CSV format, more suitable for parsing.
 
 %build
 %configure --disable-static
-make %{?_smp_mflags}
+%make_build
 
 %install
 %make_install