diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/lua/lua_5.5.0.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/lua/lua_5.5.1.bb
similarity index 71%
rename from meta/recipes-devtools/lua/lua_5.5.0.bb
rename to meta/recipes-devtools/lua/lua_5.5.1.bb
index 905dd01001..6932095426 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/lua/lua_5.5.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/lua/lua_5.5.1.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,32 @@
+# FIXME: the LIC_FILES_CHKSUM values have been updated by 'devtool upgrade'.
+# The following is the difference between the old and the new license text.
+# Please update the LICENSE value if needed, and summarize the changes in
+# the commit message via 'License-Update:' tag.
+# (example: 'License-Update: copyright years updated.')
+#
+# The changes:
+#
+# --- doc/readme.html
+# +++ doc/readme.html
+# @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
+# -Copyright © 1994–2025 Lua.org, PUC-Rio.
+# +<BLOCKQUOTE STYLE="padding-bottom: 0em">
+# +Copyright &copy; 1994&ndash;2026 Lua.org, PUC-Rio.
+#  
+#  <P>
+#  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+# @@ -19,4 +20,3 @@
+#  AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+#  LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+#  OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+# -THE SOFTWARE.
+# 
+#
+
 SUMMARY = "Lua is a powerful light-weight programming language designed \
 for extending applications."
 LICENSE = "MIT"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://doc/readme.html;beginline=299;endline=320;md5=0e573c143cb6491b41cf02cfbcb8c267"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://doc/readme.html;beginline=299;endline=320;md5=c3c162d21db328baa0fc31baece7c9d5"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://www.lua.org/"
 
 SRC_URI = "http://www.lua.org/ftp/lua-${PV}.tar.gz;name=tarballsrc \
@@ -12,7 +37,7 @@ SRC_URI = "http://www.lua.org/ftp/lua-${PV}.tar.gz;name=tarballsrc \
 # if no test suite matches PV release of Lua exactly, download the suite for the closest Lua release.
 PV_testsuites = "${PV}"
 
-SRC_URI[tarballsrc.sha256sum] = "57ccc32bbbd005cab75bcc52444052535af691789dba2b9016d5c50640d68b3d"
+SRC_URI[tarballsrc.sha256sum] = "1c4b4068d67061f2a2231ad2b5422e77acea1487ea9890f6320af614f4373dce"
 SRC_URI[tarballtest.sha256sum] = "5e47bbfad7db2965d69580e918ee64edeb8d8d32de404b8dae9ce5c6d76a1472"
 
 inherit pkgconfig binconfig ptest