diff --git a/sysutils/debhelper/Makefile b/sysutils/debhelper/Makefile
index 2650c871977a..74bed2decd2b 100644
--- a/sysutils/debhelper/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/debhelper/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	debhelper
-PORTVERSION=	12.5.1
+PORTVERSION=	12.5.3
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils
 MASTER_SITES=	DEBIAN
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}_${PORTVERSION}
diff --git a/sysutils/debhelper/distinfo b/sysutils/debhelper/distinfo
index 7505fac7af0c..40d1e173b273 100644
--- a/sysutils/debhelper/distinfo
+++ b/sysutils/debhelper/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1566229380
-SHA256 (debhelper_12.5.1.tar.xz) = a4a0caaedd5c47609ddab2de56ed22c312530838ffcefcf9fee377d324e56204
-SIZE (debhelper_12.5.1.tar.xz) = 499660
+TIMESTAMP = 1566324247
+SHA256 (debhelper_12.5.3.tar.xz) = ee70aa302270f6235b9603c5707faed5ec1d19234705567c5c1cf27a690d8020
+SIZE (debhelper_12.5.3.tar.xz) = 500304