diff --git a/bot/ci/bootstrap.sh b/bot/ci/bootstrap.sh
index 91bd99281..d7345e951 100755
--- a/bot/ci/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/bot/ci/bootstrap.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash -ex
 GRCOV_VERSION="v0.5.9"
-MERCURIAL_VERSION="5.2"
-VERSION_CONTROL_TOOLS_REV="102106f53cb2"
+MERCURIAL_VERSION="5.3"
+VERSION_CONTROL_TOOLS_REV="2f7b4df4a928"
 
 apt-get update
 apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y gcc curl bzip2 python-dev
diff --git a/bot/tests/test__system.py b/bot/tests/test__system.py
index 2c8792a48..46ec612ce 100644
--- a/bot/tests/test__system.py
+++ b/bot/tests/test__system.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ def test_mercurial():
 
     # Check mercurial version
     output = run_check(["hg", "version", "-T", "{ver}"])
-    assert output.decode("utf-8").startswith("5.2")
+    assert output.decode("utf-8").startswith("5.3")
 
     # Check needed extensions
     output = run_check(["hg", "version", "-T", "{extensions}"])