diff --git a/databases/rubygem-sqlite3/Makefile b/databases/rubygem-sqlite3/Makefile
index 52e8c10a945d..f5d93346f9e7 100644
--- a/databases/rubygem-sqlite3/Makefile
+++ b/databases/rubygem-sqlite3/Makefile
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 PORTNAME=	sqlite3
-PORTVERSION=	1.5.2
+PORTVERSION=	1.5.3
 CATEGORIES=	databases rubygems
 MASTER_SITES=	RG
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Ruby interface to the SQLite DB engine version 3
 WWW=		https://github.com/sparklemotion/sqlite3-ruby
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libsqlite3.so:databases/sqlite3
 
 USES=		gem
 USE_RUBY=	yes
 
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--with-sqlite3-dir=${LOCALBASE}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/databases/rubygem-sqlite3/distinfo b/databases/rubygem-sqlite3/distinfo
index 256c9ade749f..7b22673dcb0d 100644
--- a/databases/rubygem-sqlite3/distinfo
+++ b/databases/rubygem-sqlite3/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1664768028
-SHA256 (rubygem/sqlite3-1.5.2.gem) = 9b3153b5703b4619534135c16ff7c4e8ba1adbd8548ff61bb4a002dd632bcd5e
-SIZE (rubygem/sqlite3-1.5.2.gem) = 3134976
+TIMESTAMP = 1665648419
+SHA256 (rubygem/sqlite3-1.5.3.gem) = 66524f404db0b697620b601dea6381b139e9ce6f47e8eb628759c8d6ddcb25c5
+SIZE (rubygem/sqlite3-1.5.3.gem) = 3134976
diff --git a/databases/rubygem-sqlite3/files/patch-ext-sqlite3-extconf.rb b/databases/rubygem-sqlite3/files/patch-ext-sqlite3-extconf.rb
index c8b94b0e486a..ab031b907262 100644
--- a/databases/rubygem-sqlite3/files/patch-ext-sqlite3-extconf.rb
+++ b/databases/rubygem-sqlite3/files/patch-ext-sqlite3-extconf.rb
@@ -1,79 +1,88 @@
---- ext/sqlite3/extconf.rb.orig	2022-10-03 13:15:30 UTC
+--- ext/sqlite3/extconf.rb.orig	2022-10-13 10:19:00 UTC
 +++ ext/sqlite3/extconf.rb
 @@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
  require "mkmf"
 -require "mini_portile2"
  require "yaml"
  
  module Sqlite3
-@@ -49,33 +48,6 @@ module Sqlite3
+@@ -49,42 +48,6 @@ module Sqlite3
        end
  
        def configure_packaged_libraries
 -        minimal_recipe.tap do |recipe|
 -          recipe.configure_options += ["--enable-shared=no", "--enable-static=yes"]
 -          ENV.to_h.tap do |env|
 -            additional_cflags = [
 -              "-fPIC", # needed for linking the static library into a shared library
 -              "-O2", # see https://github.com/sparklemotion/sqlite3-ruby/issues/335 for some benchmarks
 -            ]
 -            env["CFLAGS"] = [env["CFLAGS"], additional_cflags].flatten.join(" ")
 -            recipe.configure_options += env.select { |k,v| ENV_ALLOWLIST.include?(k) }
 -                                           .map { |key, value| "#{key}=#{value.strip}" }
 -          end
 -
 -          unless File.exist?(File.join(recipe.target, recipe.host, recipe.name, recipe.version))
 -            recipe.cook
 -          end
 -          recipe.activate
 -
--          ENV["PKG_CONFIG_ALLOW_SYSTEM_CFLAGS"] = "t" # on macos, pkg-config will not return --cflags without this
--          pcfile = File.join(recipe.path, "lib", "pkgconfig", "sqlite3.pc")
--          if pkg_config(pcfile)
--            # see https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/18490
--            libs = xpopen(["pkg-config", "--libs", "--static", pcfile], err: [:child, :out], &:read)
--            libs.split.each { |lib| append_ldflags(lib) } if $?.success?
--          else
--            abort("\nCould not configure the build properly. Please install either the `pkg-config` utility or the `pkg-config` rubygem.\n\n")
+-          # on macos, pkg-config will not return --cflags without this
+-          ENV["PKG_CONFIG_ALLOW_SYSTEM_CFLAGS"] = "t"
+-
+-          lib_path = File.join(recipe.path, "lib")
+-          pcfile = File.join(lib_path, "pkgconfig", "sqlite3.pc")
+-          abort_pkg_config("pkg_config") unless pkg_config(pcfile)
+-
+-          # see https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/18490
+-          flags = xpopen(["pkg-config", "--libs", "--static", pcfile], err: [:child, :out], &:read)
+-          abort_pkg_config("xpopen") unless $?.success?
+-          flags = flags.split
+-
+-          # see https://github.com/flavorjones/mini_portile/issues/118
+-          "-L#{lib_path}".tap do |lib_path_flag|
+-            flags.prepend(lib_path_flag) unless flags.include?(lib_path_flag)
 -          end
+-
+-          flags.each { |flag| append_ldflags(flag) }
 -        end
        end
  
        def configure_extension
-@@ -116,11 +88,6 @@ module Sqlite3
+@@ -125,11 +88,6 @@ module Sqlite3
        end
  
        def minimal_recipe
 -        MiniPortile.new(libname, sqlite3_config[:version]).tap do |recipe|
 -          recipe.files = sqlite3_config[:files]
 -          recipe.target = File.join(package_root_dir, "ports")
 -          recipe.patch_files = Dir[File.join(package_root_dir, "patches", "*.patch")].sort
 -        end
        end
  
        def package_root_dir
-@@ -128,12 +95,9 @@ module Sqlite3
+@@ -137,12 +95,9 @@ module Sqlite3
        end
  
        def sqlite3_config
 -        mini_portile_config[:sqlite3]
        end
  
        def mini_portile_config
 -        # TODO: once Ruby 2.7 is no longer supported, use symbolize_names: true
 -        YAML.load_file(File.join(package_root_dir, "dependencies.yml"))
        end
  
        def abort_could_not_find(missing)
-@@ -141,11 +105,9 @@ module Sqlite3
+@@ -154,11 +109,9 @@ module Sqlite3
        end
  
        def cross_build?
 -        enable_config("cross-build")
        end
  
        def download
 -        minimal_recipe.download
        end
  
        def print_help