diff --git a/package/lua-ev/lua-ev.hash b/package/lua-ev/lua-ev.hash
index eb4f4cf74c..278f5f8f7f 100644
--- a/package/lua-ev/lua-ev.hash
+++ b/package/lua-ev/lua-ev.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Locally calculated
-sha256  4e26e05830955fdd882a1b48b535be94356582eea310327f839f830cd9250d3a  lua-ev-339426fbe528f11cb3cd1af69a88f06bba367981.tar.gz
-sha256  c224cc31feec52e33b621ccdbc245e21316a20a134a4cd8706438a3b3382e8ac  README
+sha256  26ac116722a241bf59daf5315ce0ffe751c1babea9a146ffc0a389f1af3facca  lua-ev-1.5.tar.gz
+sha256  3b6f8a25e3443c8be61fc7a91e1d27b5514d489bb3ea5986eace6fe1531aabcc  README
diff --git a/package/lua-ev/lua-ev.mk b/package/lua-ev/lua-ev.mk
index 39394875b8..eec078944b 100644
--- a/package/lua-ev/lua-ev.mk
+++ b/package/lua-ev/lua-ev.mk
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LUA_EV_VERSION = 339426fbe528f11cb3cd1af69a88f06bba367981
-LUA_EV_SITE = $(call github,brimworks,lua-ev,$(LUA_EV_VERSION))
+LUA_EV_VERSION = 1.5
+LUA_EV_SITE = $(call github,brimworks,lua-ev,v$(LUA_EV_VERSION))
 LUA_EV_DEPENDENCIES = luainterpreter libev
 LUA_EV_LICENSE = MIT
 LUA_EV_LICENSE_FILES = README