diff --git a/utils/gnuplot/Makefile b/utils/gnuplot/Makefile
index 6e4d7a6bfa..267c6fed6a 100644
--- a/utils/gnuplot/Makefile
+++ b/utils/gnuplot/Makefile
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=gnuplot
-PKG_VERSION:=5.2.8
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_VERSION:=5.4.0
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Matteo Cicuttin <datafl4sh@toxicnet.eu>
 
 PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/gnuplot-$(PKG_VERSION)
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@SF/gnuplot
-PKG_HASH:=60a6764ccf404a1668c140f11cc1f699290ab70daa1151bb58fed6139a28ac37
+PKG_HASH:=eb4082f03a399fd1e9e2b380cf7a4f785e77023d8dcc7e17570c1b5570a49c47
 PKG_CAT:=zcat
 PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf
 
diff --git a/utils/gnuplot/patches/010-remove_doc_from_makefile.patch b/utils/gnuplot/patches/010-remove_doc_from_makefile.patch
index 148c945ef7..c3844bdb6b 100644
--- a/utils/gnuplot/patches/010-remove_doc_from_makefile.patch
+++ b/utils/gnuplot/patches/010-remove_doc_from_makefile.patch
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-Index: gnuplot-5.2.8/Makefile.am
+Index: gnuplot-5.4.0/Makefile.am
 ===================================================================
---- gnuplot-5.2.8.orig/Makefile.am
-+++ gnuplot-5.2.8/Makefile.am
+--- gnuplot-5.4.0.orig/Makefile.am
++++ gnuplot-5.4.0/Makefile.am
 @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
  ## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in -*-Makefile-*-
  AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign
  
--SUBDIRS = config m4 term src docs man demo tutorial share
-+SUBDIRS = config m4 term src man tutorial share
+-SUBDIRS = config m4 term src docs man demo share
++SUBDIRS = config m4 term src man share
  
- EXTRA_DIST = BUGS Copyright FAQ.pdf GNUmakefile INSTALL INSTALL.gnu \
- Makefile.maint PATCHLEVEL PGPKEYS README RELEASE_NOTES \
+ EXTRA_DIST = BUGS Copyright FAQ.pdf INSTALL INSTALL.gnu \
+ PATCHLEVEL PGPKEYS README RELEASE_NOTES \