diff --git a/development/chicken/chicken.SlackBuild b/development/chicken/chicken.SlackBuild
index de9ac7472e..b469126663 100644
--- a/development/chicken/chicken.SlackBuild
+++ b/development/chicken/chicken.SlackBuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Slackware build script for CHICKEN Scheme
 
-# Written by Erik Falor (ewfalor@gmail.com) 2020
+# Written by Erik Falor (ewfalor@gmail.com) 2022
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ CHICKEN_API_VER=11
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=chicken
-VERSION=${VERSION:-5.2.0}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-5.3.0}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ make \
   MANDIR=/usr/man \
   DOCDIR=/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 
-make install \
+make -j1 install \
   C_COMPILER_OPTIMIZATION_OPTIONS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
   PLATFORM=linux \
   PREFIX=/usr \
diff --git a/development/chicken/chicken.info b/development/chicken/chicken.info
index 8f885b433b..231f068f8f 100644
--- a/development/chicken/chicken.info
+++ b/development/chicken/chicken.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="chicken"
-VERSION="5.2.0"
+VERSION="5.3.0"
 HOMEPAGE="http://call-cc.org"
-DOWNLOAD="https://code.call-cc.org/releases/5.2.0/chicken-5.2.0.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="fcefb534d574357d52389930d9743aca"
+DOWNLOAD="https://code.call-cc.org/releases/5.3.0/chicken-5.3.0.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="130569e4ddefba27d022c57077d5be7c"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""