diff --git a/package/freescale-imx/firmware-imx/firmware-imx.hash b/package/freescale-imx/firmware-imx/firmware-imx.hash
index 06d5a5496b..a5bc82c7f9 100644
--- a/package/freescale-imx/firmware-imx/firmware-imx.hash
+++ b/package/freescale-imx/firmware-imx/firmware-imx.hash
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-# locally computed
-sha256 8cc2df128c0e2d2f5224d73389fbe6e4d6fa9ede76f8c0a9adaf7ec0986d0f1f  firmware-imx-5.2.bin
+sha256 fd14c3666eb3c12f4f2665d95caf383bb1d0277bb12e2de28fefc8d1230604f2  firmware-imx-5.3.bin
diff --git a/package/freescale-imx/firmware-imx/firmware-imx.mk b/package/freescale-imx/firmware-imx/firmware-imx.mk
index 35cfb6de04..8f81c579d9 100644
--- a/package/freescale-imx/firmware-imx/firmware-imx.mk
+++ b/package/freescale-imx/firmware-imx/firmware-imx.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-FIRMWARE_IMX_VERSION = 5.2
+FIRMWARE_IMX_VERSION = 5.3
 FIRMWARE_IMX_SITE = $(FREESCALE_IMX_SITE)
 FIRMWARE_IMX_SOURCE = firmware-imx-$(FIRMWARE_IMX_VERSION).bin