diff --git a/lang/vala/Makefile b/lang/vala/Makefile
index 3e73dffc86..85d2d2bcb3 100644
--- a/lang/vala/Makefile
+++ b/lang/vala/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=vala
-PKG_VERSION:=0.52.3
+PKG_VERSION:=0.54.2
 PKG_RELEASE:=$(AUTORELEASE)
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNOME/vala/0.52
-PKG_HASH:=037ea1a92bf0f1ab04a71b52a01d50aca1945ad1017b6189d9614f84f5c9b2d9
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNOME/vala/0.54
+PKG_HASH:=884de745317d4d56e4e8cede993dc8f04d50cfca36cf60d2f2f278c30c2b1311
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=
 PKG_LICENSE:=LGPL-2.1-or-later
@@ -40,13 +40,11 @@ define Package/vala/description
 endef
 
 HOST_CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
+	--disable-shared \
 	--disable-coverage \
 	--disable-debug \
 	--disable-valadoc \
 	--without-cgraph
 
-HOST_LDFLAGS += \
-	-Wl,--rpath,$(STAGING_DIR_HOSTPKG)/lib
-
 $(eval $(call HostBuild))
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,vala))