diff --git a/sys/unix/Makefile.src b/sys/unix/Makefile.src
index c65046c97..e68f07ce6 100644
--- a/sys/unix/Makefile.src
+++ b/sys/unix/Makefile.src
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ PACKAGE=@true
 MAKEDEFS = ../util/makedefs
 
 # -lm required by lua
-LUA_VERSION ?=5.4.4
+LUA_VERSION ?=5.4.6
 LUABASE = liblua-$(LUA_VERSION).a
 LUALIB = ../lib/lua/$(LUABASE)
 LUALIBS = $(LUALIB) -lm $(DLLIB)