diff --git a/bnc429430-ar-kbd.patch b/bnc429430-ar-kbd.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1fb44f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bnc429430-ar-kbd.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+diff -ru m17n-db-1.5.3.orig//MIM/ar-kbd.mim m17n-db-1.5.3/MIM/ar-kbd.mim
+--- m17n-db-1.5.3.orig//MIM/ar-kbd.mim	2008-07-11 03:10:54.000000000 +0200
++++ m17n-db-1.5.3/MIM/ar-kbd.mim	2008-11-18 00:25:33.000000000 +0100
+@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@
+   ("." "ز")
+   ("/" "ظ")
+ 
+-  ("\(" "\)")
+-  ("\)" "\(")
++;;  ("\(" "\)")
++;;  ("\)" "\(")
+   ("~" "ّ")
+ 
+   ("Q" "َ")
+@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@
+ 
+   ("A" "ِ")
+   ("S" "ٍ")
+-  ("D" "]")
+-  ("F" "[")
++  ("D" "[")
++  ("F" "]")
+   ("G" "لأ")
+   ("H" "أ")
+   ("J" "ـ")
+@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@
+ 
+   ("Z" "~")
+   ("X" "ْ")
+-  ("C" "}")
+-  ("V" "{")
++  ("C" "{")
++  ("V" "}")
+   ("B" "لآ")
+   ("N" "آ")
+   ("M" "'")
diff --git a/m17n-db-1.5.1.tar.gz b/m17n-db-1.5.1.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 82d54bb..0000000
--- a/m17n-db-1.5.1.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:ca67cab22cebe6a4279fb8944d471d964cb711a223de788e78890091a23510e7
-size 1280954
diff --git a/m17n-db-1.5.3.tar.bz2 b/m17n-db-1.5.3.tar.bz2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d6a9ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/m17n-db-1.5.3.tar.bz2
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:1c352dbdb6e8cb8f45ab8b53ead2514c304bd403b0455bc9e96274467a65cf52
+size 1090816
diff --git a/m17n-db.changes b/m17n-db.changes
index 242fb0c..a1068bd 100644
--- a/m17n-db.changes
+++ b/m17n-db.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Nov 17 23:26:40 CET 2008 - mfabian@suse.de
+
+- bnc#429430: change ar-kbd input method to agree with
+  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:KB_Arabic.svg
+  ([] and {} are reverted).
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Oct 27 15:44:48 CET 2008 - mfabian@suse.de
+
+- update to m17n-db 1.5.3.
+  • bugfixes
+  • New input method sa-harvard-kyoto.mim (Sanskrit)
+- bzip2 sources.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Feb 28 14:14:28 CET 2008 - schwab@suse.de
 
diff --git a/m17n-db.spec b/m17n-db.spec
index 107da4b..fb479fc 100644
--- a/m17n-db.spec
+++ b/m17n-db.spec
@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
 #
-# spec file for package m17n-db (Version 1.5.1)
+# spec file for package m17n-db (Version 1.5.3)
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2008 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
-# This file and all modifications and additions to the pristine
-# package are under the same license as the package itself.
+# Copyright (c) 2009 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
+# All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
+# remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
+# upon. The license for this file, and modifications and additions to the
+# file, is the same license as for the pristine package itself (unless the
+# license for the pristine package is not an Open Source License, in which
+# case the license is the MIT License). An "Open Source License" is a
+# license that conforms to the Open Source Definition (Version 1.9)
+# published by the Open Source Initiative.
+
 # Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
 
@@ -12,7 +19,7 @@
 
 Name:           m17n-db
 BuildRequires:  glibc-i18ndata
-Version:        1.5.1
+Version:        1.5.3
 Release:        1
 License:        GPL v2 or later; LGPL v2.1 or later; Public Domain, Freeware; X11/MIT
 Group:          System/I18n/Japanese
@@ -22,7 +29,8 @@ Url:            http://www.m17n.org/m17n-lib/
 #    cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.m17n.org:/cvs/m17n login
 #    cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.m17n.org:/cvs/m17n co m17n-lib
 #    cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.m17n.org:/cvs/m17n co m17n-db
-Source0:        http://www.m17n.org/m17n-lib/download/m17n-db-%{version}.tar.gz
+Source0:        http://www.m17n.org/m17n-lib/download/m17n-db-%{version}.tar.bz2
+Patch0:         bnc429430-ar-kbd.patch
 BuildArch:      noarch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 Summary:        Database Needed by the m17n Library m17n-lib
@@ -41,6 +49,7 @@ Authors:
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{name}-%{version}
+%patch0 -p1
 
 %build
 #./bootstrap.sh
@@ -69,6 +78,15 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_libdir}/scim-1.0/IMEngine/uim.{a,la}
 %{_datadir}/pkgconfig/m17n-db.pc
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Nov 17 2008 mfabian@suse.de
+- bnc#429430: change ar-kbd input method to agree with
+  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:KB_Arabic.svg
+  ([] and {} are reverted).
+* Mon Oct 27 2008 mfabian@suse.de
+- update to m17n-db 1.5.3.
+  • bugfixes
+  • New input method sa-harvard-kyoto.mim (Sanskrit)
+- bzip2 sources.
 * Thu Feb 28 2008 schwab@suse.de
 - Update to m17n-db 1.5.1.
   * A new FLT is added.