diff --git a/jemalloc-common.file b/jemalloc-common.file
index 3259415f2cb..b374c6bc55c 100644
--- a/jemalloc-common.file
+++ b/jemalloc-common.file
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-%define jemalloc_version 5.2.1
-%define tag de1caefb587217f0b519eb425d7a9b3570e5ba28
+%define jemalloc_version 5.3.0
+%define tag 54eaed1d8b56b1aa528be3bdd1877e59c56fa90c
 %define branch cms/%{realversion}
 %define github_user cms-externals
 Source: git+https://github.com/%{github_user}/jemalloc.git?obj=%{branch}/%{tag}&export=%{n}-%{realversion}&output=/%{n}-%{realversion}-%{tag}.tgz
diff --git a/jemalloc-debug.spec b/jemalloc-debug.spec
index d7de5d79352..3f762465f39 100644
--- a/jemalloc-debug.spec
+++ b/jemalloc-debug.spec
@@ -2,15 +2,14 @@
 ### RPM external jemalloc-debug %{jemalloc_version}
 
 %build
-# Disable documentation (not needed)
-sed -ibak 's/install: install_bin install_include install_lib install_doc/install: install_bin install_include install_lib/' Makefile.in
-./autogen.sh
-
-./configure \
+./autogen.sh \
+  --enable-shared \
+  --disable-static \
+  --disable-doc \
   --enable-stats \
-  --prefix %{i} \
   --enable-debug \
-  --enable-fill
+  --enable-fill \
+  --prefix %{i}
 
 %post
 %{relocateConfig}bin/jemalloc.sh
diff --git a/jemalloc-prof.spec b/jemalloc-prof.spec
index 2e50c1b9600..616b4ae9b1d 100644
--- a/jemalloc-prof.spec
+++ b/jemalloc-prof.spec
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# any "Requires" must come before "## INCLUDE jemalloc-common"
+# to make sure they are declared before the "%prep" section defined there
 Requires: libunwind
 ## INCLUDE jemalloc-common
 ### RPM external jemalloc-prof %{jemalloc_version}
@@ -7,7 +9,8 @@ export CXXFLAGS=-I$LIBUNWIND_ROOT/include
 export CFLAGS=-I$LIBUNWIND_ROOT/include
 export LDFLAGS=-L$LIBUNWIND_ROOT/lib
 
-./autogen.sh --enable-shared \
+./autogen.sh \
+  --enable-shared \
   --disable-static \
   --disable-doc \
   --enable-stats \
diff --git a/jemalloc.spec b/jemalloc.spec
index cfa04b411f1..ec615a41b84 100644
--- a/jemalloc.spec
+++ b/jemalloc.spec
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 ### RPM external jemalloc %{jemalloc_version}
 
 %build
-
-./autogen.sh --enable-shared \
+./autogen.sh \
+  --enable-shared \
   --disable-static \
   --disable-doc \
   --enable-stats \