diff --git a/debian-devel/control b/debian-devel/control
index 0e11dbb45..aae80377b 100644
--- a/debian-devel/control
+++ b/debian-devel/control
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Build-Depends:
     libperl-dev,
     python3-dev,
     libaspell-dev,
-    liblua5.3-dev,
+    liblua5.4-dev,
     tcl8.6-dev,
     guile-3.0-dev,
     php-dev, libphp-embed, libargon2-dev, libsodium-dev,
diff --git a/debian-stable/control b/debian-stable/control
index a9aee04b1..ff35d1ef9 100644
--- a/debian-stable/control
+++ b/debian-stable/control
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Build-Depends:
     libperl-dev,
     python3-dev,
     libaspell-dev,
-    liblua5.3-dev,
+    liblua5.4-dev,
     tcl8.6-dev,
     guile-3.0-dev,
     php-dev, libphp-embed, libargon2-dev, libsodium-dev,