diff --git a/templates/man-db/template b/templates/man-db/template
index 38af1169941..58e5ea46ac6 100644
--- a/templates/man-db/template
+++ b/templates/man-db/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'man-db'
 pkgname=man-db
-version=2.5.3
+version=2.5.4
 distfiles="
 http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/man-db/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 build_style=gnu_configure
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ configure_args="--with-db=gdbm --with-pager=less --with-gzip=/usr/bin/gzip
  --disable-setuid"
 short_desc="The on-line manual database"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=c09beb094d2b35f99abed5a6b385863f2d03164416f899b01c8ef97fd1ebf3ef
+checksum=4de6cf413f44d971d304b174b35a75c7ec35b022fe04e265ff07951bbf6676d8
 long_desc="
  man-db is an implementation of the standard Unix documentation system
  accessed using the man command. It uses a Berkeley DB database in place of