diff --git a/packages/luarocks/build.sh b/packages/luarocks/build.sh
index 63b905701a892f..71c73199f969c4 100644
--- a/packages/luarocks/build.sh
+++ b/packages/luarocks/build.sh
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@ TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Deployment and management system for Lua modules"
 TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="MIT"
 TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="@termux"
 TERMUX_PKG_VERSION="3.12.2"
-TERMUX_PKG_REVISION=1
+TERMUX_PKG_REVISION=2
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://luarocks.org/releases/luarocks-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz
 TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=b0e0c85205841ddd7be485f53d6125766d18a81d226588d2366931e9a1484492
 TERMUX_PKG_AUTO_UPDATE=true
-__LUA_VERSION=5.1 # Lua version against which it will be built.
+__LUA_VERSION=5.4 # Lua version against which it will be built.
 # Do not use varible here since buildorder.py do not evaluate bash before reading.
-TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="curl, lua51"
-TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="liblua51"
+TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="curl, lua54"
+TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="liblua54"
 TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_IN_SRC=true
 TERMUX_PKG_PLATFORM_INDEPENDENT=true
 
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ termux_step_configure() {
 	fi
 
 	./configure --prefix="$TERMUX_PREFIX" \
+		--lua-version="$__LUA_VERSION" \
 		--with-lua="$TERMUX_PREFIX"
 }
 
diff --git a/scripts/setup-ubuntu.sh b/scripts/setup-ubuntu.sh
index b10c571c486f03..4e769836121bec 100755
--- a/scripts/setup-ubuntu.sh
+++ b/scripts/setup-ubuntu.sh
@@ -107,15 +107,15 @@ PACKAGES+=" librsvg2-dev"
 # Needed by package news-flash-gtk.
 PACKAGES+=" libsqlite3-dev"
 
+# Needed by package luarocks.
+PACKAGES+=" lua5.4"
+
 # Needed by package fennel.
 PACKAGES+=" lua5.3"
 
 # Needed by package vlc.
 PACKAGES+=" lua5.2"
 
-# Needed by package luarocks.
-PACKAGES+=" lua5.1"
-
 # Used bt host build of package mariadb.
 PACKAGES+=" libncurses5-dev"