diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5ed9c6531..bc0e5ef3a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 USER_ID      = $(shell id -u)
 HAS_JEMALLOC = $(shell test -f /usr/local/lib/libjemalloc.a && echo "jemalloc")
-JEMALLOC_URL = "https://github.com/jemalloc/jemalloc/releases/download/5.2.1/jemalloc-5.2.1.tar.bz2"
+JEMALLOC_URL = "https://github.com/jemalloc/jemalloc/releases/download/5.3.0/jemalloc-5.3.0.tar.bz2"
 
 
 .PHONY: all badger test jemalloc dependency
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jemalloc:
 		echo "Downloading jemalloc..." ; \
 		curl -s -L ${JEMALLOC_URL} -o jemalloc.tar.bz2 ; \
 		tar xjf ./jemalloc.tar.bz2 ; \
-		cd jemalloc-5.2.1 ; \
+		cd jemalloc-5.3.0 ; \
 		./configure --with-jemalloc-prefix='je_' --with-malloc-conf='background_thread:true,metadata_thp:auto'; \
 		make ; \
 		if [ "$(USER_ID)" -eq "0" ]; then \