diff --git a/utils/nano/Makefile b/utils/nano/Makefile
index e1600c03b..8e27ed1ad 100644
--- a/utils/nano/Makefile
+++ b/utils/nano/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2007-2015 OpenWrt.org
+# Copyright (C) 2007-2016 OpenWrt.org
 #
 # This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
 # See /LICENSE for more information.
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=nano
-PKG_VERSION:=2.4.1
+PKG_VERSION:=2.5.3
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-3.0+
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://www.nano-editor.org/dist/v2.4
-PKG_MD5SUM:=1c612b478f976abf8ef926480c7a3684
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNU/nano
+PKG_MD5SUM:=a04d77611422ab4b6a7b489650c7a793
 
 PKG_INSTALL:=1
 PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1