diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 92bd68b..58cc95c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@
 /catkin_lint-1.4.19.tar.gz
 /catkin_lint-1.4.20.tar.gz
 /catkin_lint-1.4.21.tar.gz
+/catkin_lint-1.5.3.tar.gz
diff --git a/python-catkin_lint.spec b/python-catkin_lint.spec
index ccd2a54..782923a 100644
--- a/python-catkin_lint.spec
+++ b/python-catkin_lint.spec
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 %global source_name catkin_lint
 
 Name:           python-%{source_name}
-Version:        1.4.21
-Release:        3%{?dist}
+Version:        1.5.3
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Check catkin packages for common errors
 
 License:        BSD
@@ -15,27 +15,28 @@ BuildArch:      noarch
 
 %description
 catkin_lint checks package configurations for the catkin build system of ROS.
-It is part of an ongoing effort to aid developers with their ROS packaging (see
-also: issue #153).
+It runs a static analysis of the package.xml and CMakeLists.txt files in your
+package, and it will detect and report a number of common problems.
 
 
 %package -n python2-%{source_name}
 Summary:        Check catkin packages for common errors
-BuildRequires:  python2-devel
 BuildRequires:  python2-catkin_pkg
+BuildRequires:  python2-devel
 BuildRequires:  python2-mock
 BuildRequires:  python2-nose
 BuildRequires:  python2-pyparsing
-BuildRequires:  python2-setuptools
+BuildRequires:  python2-rosdep
 BuildRequires:  python2-rosdistro
+BuildRequires:  python2-setuptools
 Requires:       python2-catkin_pkg
 %{?python_provide:%python_provide python2-%{source_name}}
 
 
 %description -n python2-%{source_name}
 catkin_lint checks package configurations for the catkin build system of ROS.
-It is part of an ongoing effort to aid developers with their ROS packaging (see
-also: issue #153).
+It runs a static analysis of the package.xml and CMakeLists.txt files in your
+package, and it will detect and report a number of common problems.
 
 
 %package -n python3-%{source_name}
@@ -43,27 +44,24 @@ Summary:        Check catkin packages for common errors
 BuildRequires:  python3-catkin_pkg
 BuildRequires:  python3-devel
 BuildRequires:  python3-mock
-BuildRequires:  python3-pyparsing
 BuildRequires:  python3-nose
-BuildRequires:  python3-setuptools
+BuildRequires:  python3-pyparsing
+BuildRequires:  python3-rosdep
 BuildRequires:  python3-rosdistro
+BuildRequires:  python3-setuptools
 Requires:       python3-catkin_pkg
 %{?python_provide:%python_provide python3-%{source_name}}
 
 
 %description -n python3-%{source_name}
 catkin_lint checks package configurations for the catkin build system of ROS.
-It is part of an ongoing effort to aid developers with their ROS packaging (see
-also: issue #153).
+It runs a static analysis of the package.xml and CMakeLists.txt files in your
+package, and it will detect and report a number of common problems.
 
 
 %prep
 %autosetup -n %{source_name}-%{version}
 
-for lib in src/catkin_lint/*.py src/catkin_lint/checks/*.py; do
-  sed -i '1{\@^#!.*python@d}' $lib
-done
-
 
 %build
 %py2_build
@@ -84,15 +82,13 @@ install -p -D -m0644 bash/%{source_name} %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/bash_complet
 
 
 %check
-# tests currently failing
-# reported upstream here: https://github.com/fkie/catkin_lint/issues/51
-# will not push an update to stable branches until we've figured this out
-%{__python3} setup.py test || exit 0
-%{__python2} setup.py test || exit 0
+%{__python2} setup.py test
+%{__python3} setup.py test
 
 
 %files -n python2-%{source_name}
 %doc changelog.txt README.rst
+%license LICENSE
 %{python2_sitelib}/%{source_name}-%{version}-py?.?.egg-info/
 %{python2_sitelib}/%{source_name}/
 %{_bindir}/%{source_name}
@@ -102,6 +98,7 @@ install -p -D -m0644 bash/%{source_name} %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/bash_complet
 
 %files -n python3-%{source_name}
 %doc changelog.txt README.rst
+%license LICENSE
 %{python3_sitelib}/%{source_name}-%{version}-py?.?.egg-info/
 %{python3_sitelib}/%{source_name}/
 %{_bindir}/%{source_name}-%{python3_version}
@@ -111,6 +108,9 @@ install -p -D -m0644 bash/%{source_name} %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/bash_complet
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Sep 17 2018 Scott K Logan <logans@cottsay.net> - 1.5.3-1
+- Update to 1.5.3 (rhbz#1591523)
+
 * Fri Jul 13 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.4.21-3
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_29_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 68c7e7c..c79e8f9 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (catkin_lint-1.4.21.tar.gz) = 48a88ca03b43fdd4076cebd8c0b633f9400c00b372ffb22099c5df611aee18170f52612c17669d424271f7320af4ee43a985a7317340f6e7656f12ad364a4383
+SHA512 (catkin_lint-1.5.3.tar.gz) = 76b5a8707f9d92e390f6382cc2061198b1bf377253a3edee1f3839594f403f506bd9b3c80e049074697a02ab77002ba80e3003fb6f924706626a031cb4ee3145