diff --git a/libs/libsoup/Makefile b/libs/libsoup/Makefile
index a482b5ed4e..873632a8d7 100644
--- a/libs/libsoup/Makefile
+++ b/libs/libsoup/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=libsoup
-PKG_VERSION:=2.44.2
+PKG_VERSION:=2.53.2
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNOME/$(PKG_NAME)/2.44
-PKG_MD5SUM:=92aa3667357157e8f3489bcca287f2fa
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNOME/$(PKG_NAME)/2.53
+PKG_MD5SUM:=dc23612d6365a0b8a6a650ffe0bdcb4c
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ define Build/Configure
 		--disable-glibtest \
 		--without-apache-httpd \
 		--without-gnome \
+		--enable-vala=no \
 	)
 endef