diff --git a/ports/librdkafka/portfile.cmake b/ports/librdkafka/portfile.cmake
index 933d58f2c6..1ffb9d0e7f 100644
--- a/ports/librdkafka/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/librdkafka/portfile.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ vcpkg_from_github(
     OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
     REPO confluentinc/librdkafka
     REF "v${VERSION}"
-    SHA512 a68b7382ec5a9afc0eb8513e97d8563c599021d774f7790a61af80565600678a497e4957dcdd823f8b9a426a19b9c5392cacd42d02d70493d993319f3343fe96
+    SHA512 9b23f98a5017644ce5b0cb12f8df02b916f02d5fa4a53a6aed379704586bedb221831a086eba6dcbf31deb1b2d0e896bdb2ce12c5d4ea4273d127f9ddaa5a161
     HEAD_REF master
     PATCHES
         lz4.patch
diff --git a/ports/librdkafka/vcpkg.json b/ports/librdkafka/vcpkg.json
index 7cb7804285..7d1f83b8dd 100644
--- a/ports/librdkafka/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/librdkafka/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "librdkafka",
-  "version": "2.3.0",
-  "port-version": 5,
+  "version": "2.5.3",
   "description": "The Apache Kafka C/C++ library",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/confluentinc/librdkafka",
   "license": null,
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index 928bfbddc1..60d409e1ae 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -4985,8 +4985,8 @@
       "port-version": 0
     },
     "librdkafka": {
-      "baseline": "2.3.0",
-      "port-version": 5
+      "baseline": "2.5.3",
+      "port-version": 0
     },
     "libredwg": {
       "baseline": "0.13.3",
diff --git a/versions/l-/librdkafka.json b/versions/l-/librdkafka.json
index 31f4e7c06c..d52b76ec28 100644
--- a/versions/l-/librdkafka.json
+++ b/versions/l-/librdkafka.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "add772966663fa14ea6d7a10571abfa653493b50",
+      "version": "2.5.3",
+      "port-version": 0
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "cbdf7001549e463198efc7dc8d157a15aadb8f7d",
       "version": "2.3.0",