diff --git a/states/haproxy/defaults.yaml b/states/haproxy/defaults.yaml
index 9f1097f..6c2dd8a 100644
--- a/states/haproxy/defaults.yaml
+++ b/states/haproxy/defaults.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ haproxy:
   enabled: true
   pkgs:
     - haproxy
-    - liblua5.3-dev
+    - liblua5.4-dev
     - lua-filesystem
     - lua-socket
     - libcurl4-openssl-dev
diff --git a/states/haproxy/mods/haproxy.c b/states/haproxy/mods/haproxy.c
index 22fa06e..9fb3532 100644
--- a/states/haproxy/mods/haproxy.c
+++ b/states/haproxy/mods/haproxy.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 for i in $(ls *.c)
 do
   basename=$(echo ${i}|awk -F '.' '{ print $1}')
-  sudo -u haproxy cc -I/usr/include/ -I/usr/include/lua5.3/ -fPIC -shared -o ${basename}.so ${i} -lcurl -ljansson -lmaxminddb
+  sudo -u haproxy cc -I/usr/include/ -I/usr/include/lua5.4/ -fPIC -shared -o ${basename}.so ${i} -lcurl -ljansson -lmaxminddb
 done
 */
 
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ done
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#include <lua5.3/lua.h>
-#include <lua5.3/lauxlib.h>
+#include <lua5.4/lua.h>
+#include <lua5.4/lauxlib.h>
 #include <curl/curl.h>
 #include <maxminddb.h>
 #include <jansson.h>
diff --git a/states/haproxy/scripts/compile.lua b/states/haproxy/scripts/compile.lua
index 1821319..47830e4 100644
--- a/states/haproxy/scripts/compile.lua
+++ b/states/haproxy/scripts/compile.lua
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ local lfs = require("lfs")
 local modpath = "/etc/haproxy/mods"
 
 local compile = {}
-local lua_version = "5.3"
+local lua_version = "5.4"
 local user = "haproxy"
 local group = "haproxy"
 local libs = {"-ljansson", "-lmaxminddb", "-lcurl"}