diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1a317924f..a12e4c9fc 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -569,9 +569,9 @@ OPTIONS_CFLAGS  += -DUSE_LUA $(if $(LUA_INC),-I$(LUA_INC))
 LUA_LD_FLAGS := $(if $(LUA_LIB),-L$(LUA_LIB))
 ifeq ($(LUA_LIB_NAME),)
 # Try to automatically detect the Lua library
-LUA_LIB_NAME := $(firstword $(foreach lib,lua5.2 lua52 lua,$(call check_lua_lib,$(lib),$(LUA_LD_FLAGS))))
+LUA_LIB_NAME := $(firstword $(foreach lib,lua5.3 lua53 lua,$(call check_lua_lib,$(lib),$(LUA_LD_FLAGS))))
 ifeq ($(LUA_LIB_NAME),)
-$(error unable to automatically detect the Lua library name, you can enforce its name with LUA_LIB_NAME=<name> (where <name> can be lua5.2, lua52, lua, ...))
+$(error unable to automatically detect the Lua library name, you can enforce its name with LUA_LIB_NAME=<name> (where <name> can be lua5.3, lua53, lua, ...))
 endif
 endif
 
diff --git a/src/hlua.c b/src/hlua.c
index 564f5bace..fb39dc11f 100644
--- a/src/hlua.c
+++ b/src/hlua.c
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 #include <lua.h>
 #include <lualib.h>
 
-#if !defined(LUA_VERSION_NUM) || LUA_VERSION_NUM < 502
-#error "Requires Lua 5.2 or later."
+#if !defined(LUA_VERSION_NUM) || LUA_VERSION_NUM < 503
+#error "Requires Lua 5.3 or later."
 #endif
 
 #include <ebpttree.h>