diff --git a/package/lua-livr/Config.in b/package/lua-livr/Config.in
index 76fd1c754384..ac749025a703 100644
--- a/package/lua-livr/Config.in
+++ b/package/lua-livr/Config.in
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_LIVR
 	bool "lua-livr"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_COMPAT53 if BR2_PACKAGE_LUAINTERPRETER_ABI_VERSION_5_1 # runtime
 	help
 	  Lightweight validator supporting Language Independent
 	  Validation Rules Specification (LIVR).
diff --git a/package/lua-livr/lua-livr.hash b/package/lua-livr/lua-livr.hash
index 50e4d3c6a7bc..1df12730650c 100644
--- a/package/lua-livr/lua-livr.hash
+++ b/package/lua-livr/lua-livr.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # computed by luarocks/buildroot
-sha256  7f00fc561c5913bb53a21ec21f060118d9795c65a0d7a37903e311bdedcfff2a  lua-livr-0.4.0-1.src.rock
-sha256  6840bae0e48c559cc6aa765d7744d920f8a05f608c4d1223fde8e6b8e7c48c5d  lua-LIVR-0.4.0/COPYRIGHT
+sha256  4e0f5fd78c05893d8d6312bd067e9e6d6492ff363719f2da574ab0726fd76e86  lua-livr-0.5.0-1.src.rock
+sha256  6840bae0e48c559cc6aa765d7744d920f8a05f608c4d1223fde8e6b8e7c48c5d  lua-LIVR-0.5.0/COPYRIGHT
diff --git a/package/lua-livr/lua-livr.mk b/package/lua-livr/lua-livr.mk
index 56600c80b2c0..28a9d418c068 100644
--- a/package/lua-livr/lua-livr.mk
+++ b/package/lua-livr/lua-livr.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LUA_LIVR_VERSION = 0.4.0-1
+LUA_LIVR_VERSION = 0.5.0-1
 LUA_LIVR_NAME_UPSTREAM = lua-LIVR
 LUA_LIVR_LICENSE = MIT
 LUA_LIVR_LICENSE_FILES = $(LUA_LIVR_SUBDIR)/COPYRIGHT