diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 2ba1ba128..d6680cc2e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ARG GO_VERSION=1.17
 ARG BATS_VERSION=v1.3.0
-ARG LIBSECCOMP_VERSION=2.5.2
+ARG LIBSECCOMP_VERSION=2.5.3
 
 FROM golang:${GO_VERSION}-bullseye
 ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
diff --git a/script/release_build.sh b/script/release_build.sh
index 2d3fe93b6..03701c140 100755
--- a/script/release_build.sh
+++ b/script/release_build.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ set -e
 ## --->
 # Project-specific options and functions. In *theory* you shouldn't need to
 # touch anything else in this script in order to use this elsewhere.
-: "${LIBSECCOMP_VERSION:=2.5.2}"
+: "${LIBSECCOMP_VERSION:=2.5.3}"
 project="runc"
 root="$(readlink -f "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/..")"